Cheaper Telegrams.
MORSE CODE GOES OUT. REPLACED BY TELEPRINTERS. BRITISH qEVELOPMENT; (A. and N.Z. Cable). LONDON, Sept. 13. The morse code which has been used for 70 years has finally disappeared from the British telegraph service. It has been replaced by the teleprinter, whereby typed messages will be simultaneously reproduced in any big town in Britain. A teleprinter operator can send 100 messages an hour compared with an average of 36 by the morse system. It is expected the cost of sending telegrams will' be reduced shortly.
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Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19209, 15 September 1934, Page 2
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87Cheaper Telegrams. Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19209, 15 September 1934, Page 2
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