AUTOMATIC POLICES SIGNALS.
The system of automatic police signals which is about to be adopted by Scotland, yard seem to bo as nearly par-feet as any such system- can be. Its fundamental basis is the street iamjHpoat. To « given number of lamp-posts will be attained a little apparatus which w*JU ; be in etectrte communication with the ehiex police station of the! district and With other lamp-posts. Upon the dial is inscribed a list ot "cans," such as •• Ftre- M " Ambulance," ♦♦Murder," '*Bn^_sary^' , and "Send Assistance." All that _ polloem&n on hia beat has to do ia to torn tbe pointer of the dial to a paorticali? _•" eaU," wbenhis want is immediately made known at tbeheadoffice. By a further ©rrpmigemfint Questions can be addressed JErom head' quarter, to the policeman on the beat, who will learn that a query awaits mm by seeing a red disc rise in front of the flame of the lamp, For a small payment houss. ol&ei 1 ® will be
allpwed a key which wiU enable .thuja to open the apparatus and *o sig».l to the police station in the event of fire, burglary, or other accident which may require the presence of the police, Ifc is hoped a_ga 4q ma -
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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7573, 9 June 1890, Page 5
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