TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH ENGLAND.
The following is a table of distances from place to place along which a message travels from Wellington to London :— > Miles. Wellington, to White Biy (cable) ... 41 White Bay to Cable Bay (overland wire) 88 Cable Buy to Botany Bay (cable) ... 1,150 Botany Bay to Mount Gambia (overlend wire 650 Mount Gambia to Port Darwin, South Australia (overland wire 2,320 Port Darwin to Banjoawangee, Java (cable) 1,186 Banjrewangee to Batavia (overland wire) 480 Batavia to Singapore fcable) 565 Singapore to Penang (cable) 405 Penang to Madras (cable) 1,409 Madras to Bombay (overland wire) ... 600 Bombay to Aden (cable) l 819 Aden to Suez (cable) 1,462 Suez to Alexandria (overland wire) ... 224 Alexandria to Malta (cable) ... ... 924 Malta to Gibraltar (cable) 1,120 Gibraltar to Lisbon (cable) 300 L'sbon to Falmouth (cable) 854 Falmouth to London (overland- wire) 269 ■ 15,866
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 71, 13 March 1876, Page 2
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142TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH ENGLAND. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 71, 13 March 1876, Page 2
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