About 25 words of five letters each per minute can be sent by the Morse signals, about 60 per minute by the Hughes system, and about 350 by ■ tho Wheatstone system.
“ Simpkins is always borrowing trouble.” “ That is true, but I’ll say this much for him—he always pays it back with interest.” “Aren’t you wearing your Whitsuntide hat a trifle early, Doris ?” “Yes, I suppose I am, but I’m afraid it might , be out, olfashion, before ,Whit-Sunday. );
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Evening Star, Issue 16211, 5 September 1916, Page 4
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