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Show ' MESSAGE DELIVERY IS TO BE CURTAILED LONDON, April 26. The postmaster postmas-ter general announces that, on account of the difficulty of obtaining sufficient messengers and the reduction in all traveling facilities, it la impracticable to continue the delivery' throughout the night of telegrams for the whole of the London postal area. Telegrams for addresses within a radius ra-dius of four miles ol the central telegraph tele-graph office or West Strand telegraph office will continue to be delivered as hitherto up to 10 p. m. and after that hour throughout Ihe night if the text seems to indieau special urgency. The delivery of telegrams for more distant parts of the London postal area, will, however, cease at 8 p. m., and telegrams received for delivery after that hour will be held over until the following morning. nn |