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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5157, 2 October 1877, Page 2

Since the breakdown of the telegraphic cable between Singapore and Batavia some rather incomprehensible things have happened. Thus, steamers take rather better than forty-eight hours to bridge the interval created Ijy the break. Yet oh Saturday forenoon (the 29th ult.) our enterprising contemporary the Evening Post published telegrams brought by steamer, and dated “London, the 29th, night.” Time was thus annihilated to the tune of at least twelve hours, even supposing that telegraphic transmission from London to Singapore, and from Batavia to Wellington, occupied considerably less than no time. Then again, it took Reuter's Agents fully fortyeight hours to get a telegram dated London the 26th through from Batavia to Wellington, whilst this must have arrived from Batavia by the same steamer that brought those published by us on Saturday evening as an extra. The question naturally arises, “ Why is this thus ?” On the whole, the palm must be freely accorded to the Evening Post, which paper "publishes telegrams that must have got along without consideration for time, space, or breakages in cables.