LONDON TELEGRAPHIC GEOGRAPHY.

Kumara Times, Issue 416, 25 January 1878, Page 2

LONDON TELEGRAPHIC GEOGRAPHY.

A well-known old colonist, who'law recently returned from a trip to England, informed us that he called :> one day at one of the chief telegraph offices in thfi city of London, send: a .telegram to Adelaide. He was kiformed that the line'was broken,! feiif. was expected to be restored r ih course of three He went t'> Churing Cross, where he took' lodgings, and a day or tyro after he entered the handsome building whence telegraphic communication^,hpjdswtfi tse rest of the ci'viliseol world.'''H&said he wished to send a t'elegrain and asked if the line wds' repaired. The gentleman at the apparently a person about forty 'years:of informed him' that • it 4ad 'neve* v-beefi brokeu, ar.d was in working order; Ifh» South Austt-aliari representative'* told him that a day or two previously 1h» had heard in the.ci«y that it-waslbroken; the other assured him thaHt was a mistake. Our informant '■ then! message to r !A'4elaide ai&l-'handed it in. and: )&&% " Oh, yes, that's in New Zeaj land." On being he was not, and must know ; moJepabriii t; ; as connected., with the Telejkaph De- | partment, | pode.d y ; jiadljievsp b^.j£^ e .-£^ B i n g i undeceived he took the j tKlegram-'and - pay men* tfeyiug ! it Kliqitfd go r alJLrighjfe >a?h e I*iaes4ngef Trom the'offiqp icoloni.sc a* apoioi" j gies f«r t_h«.n?istaks 'jthafcljail opcnrjed, but the Aiistralianiline was broken, and Adelaide was New/Zealand, and< ; .Hs tve would be so } kind aa to call at;,the office, he could i have the money r sj6taiiftejd, ; ; leave, the message sent >on when the line wiw Adored! '* ' "'