PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Evening Star, Issue 14626, 24 July 1911, Page 10

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

We have received from the publishers ] (the ' Christchurch Press' Company, Ltcl.l j a copy of the 'Wo?ld's Universal Code,' compiled by Mr Tit De Schrvver. Or. look- I ing through it we feed inclined to say j that it is "just the thing'' cociists Lave been lokvng for. The system is made simple, and the compiler in his introductory notes speaks "only the truth when he rays: "lit fact, one can write out a cable in the same way as an ordinaiy telegram, and leave the coding to a clerk, of ordinary capability." With this means, no one car; appreciate more than the business man, who often has to spend hours in the composition of a cable, anxious to convey to bw correspondents oversea at the lowest possib'e cost his exact meaning. More than often he docs not succeed to his satisfaction, and has to trust to luck that his correspondent will understand his message correctly. By using the ' World's Universal Code' no such difficulty will confront him. He can say what he wants to eay clear and terse without any fear of a misunderstanding. Another* and not the least, advantage is the speed with which a cable can be ceded A novice may code a cable of 25 words in 10 minutes. The saving in cost, also, is enormous. Three ordinary words can be transmitted at the cost of one word ; but as the text, of the cable can be cut down in the same way as an ordinary telegram, and still be coded verbally, three code words will often convey the meaning of a cable which other- j wise would have to contain at the least 20 words. The code further contains m-'ny tables, enabling merchants to quote or ! order at a minimum cost. Merchants who j have to conduct part of their business by j cable should get acquainted with this '' lust word " in telegraphic codes.