ROYALTY AT THE G.P.O.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1130, 18 May 1911, Page 6

ROYALTY AT THE G.P.O.

THE MARVELS OF TELE-PHOTO-Git A PHI. A' 1 ";.?""* f /J 5 "port on the visit ft, i t>l ,w (1 Que ? n l 0 ">e London "".I!? 1 K OS Offico cn ilarcu M. the "ExAscendYng to the third floor, the Kin" and Queen and tho Princess entered a gallery overlooking tho department from which provincial telegrams were passing into thu-Central Telegraph Office. They wero specia ly interested in watching tho fciemcns-Halske photo-telegraphic system at work, and examined the Creed and the Baudot direct printing apparatus, seeing messages in course of dispatch to Edinburgh, Birmingham, and Dublin. J-'i-om each of the three centres named there came during the actual period of inspection messages from the telegraphic sta f addressed to the Kin? and Queen, ami conveying expressions of loyalty ant respoctlul regard. Tho Kinj and tho Royal ladies read the greetings with the greatest possible pleasure, for with this class of apparatus the message is received neatly printed in bold type on a narrow paper tape. It is possible to duplicate these messages indefinitely, and several impressions were carried away as mementoes. The Dublin communication was very fully phrased, and somebody in tho distinguished party observed, on seeinc tho 150 or sii words ticked out, that ono would not expect an Irish greeting in a lev: words, to which the Queen replied that tho loyally, and not the length of tho message, was what most appealed to her. 13y the time the "outward" news Wlioatstone instruments were reached messages dealing with the Royal visit were passing freely, and tho King, Queen, ami Princess saw how the "copy" was prepared for dispatch on three forms of " 'punchers"—tho stick, the pneumatic, and tho Gell keyboard. Going next to the second floor, Hie visitors inspected with much interest and amusement tho tele-writer apparatus. In order that they might have practical demonstration, tho instruments wero .shortcircuited, and a loyal "message was sent through from the te!e-writor exchange at Bucklorsbury. Keenly interested, the Royal parlv watched the pen, held in a steel grip, running along the lines and reprod'uein? exactly tho handwriting of tho operator! It was explained to them that exactly the same effects would have been produced hnd the machine been working to distant cities. The young Princess laughed heartily to see thn pen glide back nov; and agniii (o the ink supply, exactly as though the human agency which controlled it were less than a penholder's length away :n----stoail ol bcins separated by' a circuit representative of hundreds bf miles 'r 0 show what the instrument could Ylo' tl>i> operator at the other end rapidlv .-kelohcd tho heads of .i lady and gentl'mnn (,ircsmnably meant to repres nt (ho King and Queen) at tho foot of the niessn.w. HodHie message and the sketch were procenied' to the visitors. The foreign cable department was next visited, and the. process of dispatchin« messes to Tans Berlin, Amsterdam" Brussels, \ lenna. and Rome was inspected In each instance the news was flashed to the other end that the King and Oncen were at the dispatching tables and promptly, from each of tlic Capitols came a cordial message, each printed plainly in the language of tho country of its origin The King and Queen were much gratified and by the King's command Ilio Posl-master-General undertook to forward acknowledgments.