At the accession of Queen Victoria the amount of the National Debt stood at nearly £783,000.000, while at t-110 end of last vonr the net amount of the dobt 'Was about £678,000,000. When the telephone wires aro overland tho .speed of transmission is at the rate- of _ 16,000 miles a second : wiie.ro tlie wires are through cable? nnd;T the soa the speed is only 0020 miles a second.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10679, 28 January 1913, Page 2
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68Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Star (Christchurch), Issue 10679, 28 January 1913, Page 2
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