“A NEW HORROR.”
THE TALKING LETTER
The talking letter is hen- The moon-struck lover may now gn into the phonograph stores in Sydney,
-•.and before a microphone, and pour out, from the troubled depths of his soul, a multitude of unbelievable vows. Next day they are delivered to a sighing young lady—on an unbreakable record, says the “Sydney Sun.”
Consider its effect in a breach of promise case! The weeping plaintiff calls for her gramophone, and . . . •
One might forge n letter, but can one forget a. voice? The case is lost before it starts.
The novelty of talking letters is spreading over SvJney. They arc an adaptation of sin idea originated by big London stores. Twelve months ago several Synev people received records from .friends in EnglandPhonograph dealers have erected notices outside the.r shops, and you are invited to enter and dictate your lettor. It may be or an affair of the heart-, it is all the same. You have it delivered to you in two miuutes on an unbreakable record.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11327, 3 October 1930, Page 3
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