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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 169, 2 November 1880, Page 3

The Auckland Telegraph office has received a pampldsi published at Berne, containing a list of all the telegraph stations in the world. There are 40.202 stations. The Herald, after pevusing the list, is struck with the frequency with which a name occurs For example, there are three Aberdeen* in the United States, thirtyfour Ae.wtons three Londons, one of which is in Canada, and two are in in United States. The. Alexandria* and Alexandras occupy a column to themselves while a score of Newport* bewilder the reader. There are five Ihdestines in America, but no Zion (so far as telegraphists are concerned), imt the omission is atoned for by a large number of Zionvilles being inserted. Our American cousins are a practical people and they have endeavored to get over the difficulty by going further a field, and v iait-hiiig their nomenclature with such far fetched appellations as‘‘Shirt tail Bend,” VHcH-gate, ” “The Devil’s Slide, ” and “The Devil’s Elbow.”