ELECTRIC TRAMS.
(BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Wellington, this day. Dr. Hector vi6itod Hobarb on his way back from Adelaide, and was interesbed in bho working, and impressed with the success of, the electric trams, now running in the Tasmanian capital. He gives a glowing accounb of the speed, comfort, and economy of the elecbric motor, and says New Zealand is cerbain to insist upon its adoption when its value becomes known. There was some** difficulby with the telephone system, bub thab has bean surmounted, and the telephones are now working betber bhan eter.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 270, 14 November 1893, Page 4
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