EFFICIENT TELEGRAPHY
5,000 WORDS SENT FROM ATHLETIC PARK TWO TELEPRINTERS GIVE GOOD SERVICE [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 9. By' installing two teleprinters at Athletic Park on Saturday the Telegraph Department gave a very efficient service in handling tho Press reports of the Springboks’ match. In addition the department gained experience which will be valuable in enabling it to complete plans for handling tho even heavier traffic when the test match is played next Saturday. Altogether 5,000 words, including 2.000 words of cable messages for overseas, were despatched from Athletic Park during last Saturday’s game. Of this over 4,000 words, were handled from half-time onwards with a minimum of delay. The teleprinters, which are capable of transmitting 66 words per minute, were in direct contact with the Auckland and Wellington offices, from which the messages were retransmitted throughout New Zealand as well as overseas. The half-time and final scores would be known in Sydney, for instance, within a matter of a minute or two after the conclusion of each spell.
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Evening Star, Issue 22722, 9 August 1937, Page 8
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171EFFICIENT TELEGRAPHY Evening Star, Issue 22722, 9 August 1937, Page 8
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