Tho noisiest room I was ever in," 3aid Dr. Don at tho School Committeea' Asscciation : mwiting, Dunedin (says tho ."Star"), was ii}-ju printing office in. Japan. The Japaneso languago has no alphabet. Each vrord is represented by a &eparato character, P r Jype. A' .Japaneso compositor has .threo or,'four assistants, and as he roguires'a.ivbixl ho calls it out. An assistant immediately, dashes off to that part of tho room /whero tho particular character wanted is kept and .brin"s it to.him. As tho nssistant. order that he may not, foi-gct tho word .wants, ho keeps yelling it at the top of rhis voice. ; The compositors work quickly,, snd , as theres are quite a number in one room, cach with some four assistants, you oott'imafrinn +.Vir» awful r.oiso they mako.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 149, 18 March 1908, Page 11
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