A detachment of telegraphists and surveyors selected from the Royal Engineer establishment. Chatham, to proceed to New Zealand, for the purpose of being employed in laying down the electric telegraph and other engineering operations in that colony, took their departure from head-quarters, Brompton, on October 22, The Royal Engineers take out with them a varied and complete set of instruments for use in the work on which they will be employed. The men composing the detachment will be absent from England several years.
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 15, 30 December 1862, Page 3
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83Untitled Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 15, 30 December 1862, Page 3
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