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T E L E G R A P H '
CONFERENCE.
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EXPERT K) VISIT. AMERICA AND
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MELBOURNE, February 4J
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"The want of uniformity .in'the oontrol "of m
telegraph business of the. Commolrwealth t
has been felt for some-.tiibe. ^nd'aithoufch I
many esGays have been made to bring it bv
about, the system is by no. means jrst perfect.
.. It has therefore been: decided by
tbe PostmasbeivGeneral. toehold a conference
of the' telegraph managers of . the —f
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various States, with a view- to devising
means for expediting telegraph: traffic, and
also for Tilannine a uniform system oE. controL
The conference, whidi will meet in
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Mdbourae, will begin, next Wednesday, or -
Thursday.- The Postmaster-General has decided
that the chief Commonwealth electrician
is to visit America and Europe for
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the purpose of investigating aU.thaJatest m
improvements in antomatic^tel®febin^ juid
also in telegraphy. _ Mr. Bfeftetfi' will leave
for America early nest njxjnih. -For some:
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time past the erection of a new switchboard'
in the Perth Telephone Exchange haB ,been
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under consideration. - It -is -understood, that
this matter will be bdd bv*k ostal Mr«Hes^
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keth has furnished his report. :' . >
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