PICTURES BY WIRE
MELBOURNE-SYDNEY SERVICE TO BE OPERATING SOON. MAY BE USED FOR CRIMINAL DETECTION. [United Press Association—By CableCopyright.) [Australian and N.Z. Press Association.] (Received 21, 10.5 a.m.) Melbourne, Jan. 21. The Postal Department has accepted a tender for the introduction of a service of the telegraphic transmission of pictures between Melbourne and Sydney. The service will commence in April or May. The charge will be about £2 per picture, and the speed of transmission will be four minutes.
The system may be used in criminal detection. A photograph of any wanted person and of fingerprints could be sent from one city to another in a few minutes.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 29, 21 January 1929, Page 5
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