Chinese Idea of Telegraphy.
The Chinese believed when telegraphy was introduced in their country that foreigners out out the tongues of children and suspended them on the insulators to transmit the message from pole to pole.
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Manawatu Herald, 30 July 1898, Page 4
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36Chinese Idea of Telegraphy. Manawatu Herald, 30 July 1898, Page 4
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