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  2. Sending Pictures by Telegraph.

    Mr. H. Rickinson, of London, is the inventor of a system of transmitting sketches by telegraph. The advantages of such a method of communication lie in its applicability in time of war to telegraphing the position of an enemy, etc. It would also be useful in tracking a criminal, for his portrait could be transmitted rapidly from place to place. The method of working will be understood from the illustrations in conjunction with the table. The original sketch, Fig. 1, is divided up into squares by means of ordinates ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 470 words
  3. Launceston City Council.

    At the meeting of the City Council on Monday last, the Mayor read his annual report as follows:— This being the last meeting of the Council, ...

    Article : 2,234 words
  4. Benevolent Society.

    The ordinary meeting of the executive committee of this society was held at the Town Hall on 3rd inst. Present—Messrs. J. Stephenson (in the chair), J. Ellis, G. ...

    Article : 509 words
  5. Court of Requests.

    This was a claim for £5 10s, commission on Sale alleged to be due to the plaintiff by defendant Mr. W. Croft appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. ...

    Article : 307 words
  6. MATRIMONIAL CAUSES JURISDICTION.

    In re Esther Bennett, petitioner, and John Bennett, respondent. The Solicitor-General, on behalf of the petitioner, said this was a petition for ...

    Article : 108 words
  7. Hobart Supreme Court.

    The facts as they were set forth in the argument were that Hon. P. O. Fysh employed Mr. A. G. Webster as an agent to effect a policy of insurance upon the barque Lufra. ...

    Article : 187 words
  8. Saturday at Zeehan.

    As the afternoon wears on mud-splashed men in blueys, and with dingy little nondescript rolls secured upon their backs by straps or ropes, or strips of bagging passing ...

    Article : 1,325 words
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