IMPROVED TELEPHONES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXII, Issue 7413, 2 December 1884, Page 6

IMPROVED TELEPHONES.

Tho Improvement in telephone* which him hem* in vented by Mr Prank Hiibden, and of which a detailed droorijdion vm rew»wily given in Hiwuo- »lnmw.«, hoe been further tended within lire* last few day#, with tho objected d»lennini«gth« value of the nppltonoo in tong-dietonro totophony, and with the inert natlifftctory reaiilie. Mr Holwh’ii him Iwm afforeleil «n mipntv tunity for proving the excellence of hi* inventieii by the New Zefttaiid drain Agency Company, who have engaged him to apply hi* Invention on their line to Timarii, a dietmi''* of over ItKi mile*. He Isa* fitted his patent inuuimitter to the wire* already ex luting in the Company's office*, and yiwtorelay morning ronveroa* ti«m was freely carried on Irtwean the two offices, with all the ease of—nay, it i* tiqt b*o much to may with much .more mum than with Urn ordinary transmitter over a diftbinco of half a mite. Apart from the extra distinctness with which the voice i» carried, Urn new transmitter can bo used without Hie operator lining eompelhal to Wml, if he is tall, or (*tond on tljvtoo If ho is short, to reach tho fixture* hitherto used. Tim Company have had tho old telephone connected with Timani for some time, hut have been unable to aommunicate dirtoi in eonnerpionooof tho indistinctness of thosohSds tronsmittod» in fact, their only way of utilising tho line was hy speaking to Ashburton first and getting their message forwntdcil thence, a Very much leas satisfactory mode than that which Mt llebden’s invention now enables theig to adopt.