Quickest Telegram.
In the " Windsor Magazine " par* ticulars are given of the " quickest telegram on record." Some years ago, at a telegraphic soiree in the Albert Hall, a feature of the evening's proceedings was the sending of a message to Teheran (in Persia) and back. A sending and receiving instrument had been put up in the hall and connected with the wires of the Indo-European Telegraph Company. This line crossed the Channel by cable to Germany, and then by land lines over Germany, South Russia, Caucasus. Armenia, and Persia to Teheran. At Teheran the wire was joined to a second line of the company, returning to London by the same route. The lines were cleared for the experiment, and at a given signal the key of the sender wa3 pressed by the Prince of Wales* The instant that the button of the instrument was touched, olick went the receiver. The current bad been to Persia and back !
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Manawatu Herald, 25 February 1896, Page 2
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157Quickest Telegram. Manawatu Herald, 25 February 1896, Page 2
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