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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 June 1933, Page 5

While hauling nis trawls off Cape ..Hay recently, a fisherman dragged up from the ocean floor a.fragment of the . first submarine telegraph cable used in American waters. It was a piece of the line laid in 1885 by Professor Samuel Morse and Cyrus W. Field between Aspey Bay, Cape Breton, and Cape Ray. This cable was made in England, the first stranded conductor ever made. Despite its long immersion,, the insulation retained its odour of gutta percha. TJntil 1866 the eastern extremity of telegraphic communication was Cape ' Ray. Off that point ocean liners dropped overboard' cannisters containing European newspapers, dispatches and telegrams from passengers. A boat was always stationed there to pick them up. stationed J/here to pick up conisters. Newspaper men condensed the dispatches and put them on the wire, bringing news of world events to New York ahehd of the steamships.

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Clark’s Sale offers you the best opportunity to shop satisfactorily—there you will find the best range of drap■ery in town. An inspection will convince you.*

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