The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumen 278The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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WENTY - FIVE years ago the Post Office acquired , under an Act of Parliament , the then existing telegraphic system of the United Kingdom . The bulk of the system was owned by four principal telegraph companies — viz . the Electric and ...
WENTY - FIVE years ago the Post Office acquired , under an Act of Parliament , the then existing telegraphic system of the United Kingdom . The bulk of the system was owned by four principal telegraph companies — viz . the Electric and ...
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... exceeded thirty words a minute , and when a couple of columns of telegraphed matter was about the quota of the average provincial newspaper . The Post Office is only a carrier of news , and not a purveyor , as the companies were .
... exceeded thirty words a minute , and when a couple of columns of telegraphed matter was about the quota of the average provincial newspaper . The Post Office is only a carrier of news , and not a purveyor , as the companies were .
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Another beneficent result of submarine telegraphy under the Post Office is the connecting of lighthouses and lightships with the shore , so that ships may be signalled when in safety or succoured when in straits .
Another beneficent result of submarine telegraphy under the Post Office is the connecting of lighthouses and lightships with the shore , so that ships may be signalled when in safety or succoured when in straits .
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