[2][3] The script is based on a play "showing the adventures and vicissitudes in the life of a Girl Telegraphist".
[4] The action consisted of four acts: Of Sydney Stirling, Barrett wrote "I never knew an actor so responsive to direction, so keen to size up a situation and command it.” [6] The cast worked for JC Williamsons.
It screened in London in September 1913 under the title Saved by Telegram.
[8] The critic from The Sydney Morning Herald said that "the story is a thrilling one, whilst the cinematographic work of Mr. Franklyn Barrett, the West expert, is particularly good.
"[9] The Sun called it "pne of the finest pictures yet shown under the West Ltd., management.