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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43092, 14 May 1907, Page 4

There are some crack operators in ire Pacific cable service, and they put, D a good performance in connection nth, the Towns-Durnan match that

rill take a lot of beating, says the ’ulletin. The Canadian papers were -ild to get news of Towns’ defeat, nd! in Montreal a procession was •aiting to start, with waving flags nd screaming trumpets, to where hampagnei was laid on. The special irrespoud'ent of the Canadian press ended his wire into the temporary luce near the course at 4.54. p.m. At 53 p.m 1 . (Australian time) that •blegram; had traversed the 10,000 iles of land and ocean, and knocked ;e Montreal people flat. It passed ■rough the hands of at least six en, most of whom had to receive .''and then re-transmit it, and any ah* who talks about the “Government roke” after*‘that has not got the nse of the .animal that spoke at ijaamtv .