THE TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE.
NEW MACHINES ACQUIRED. A NEW ZEALAND INVENTION. (Pier Press Association.) WELLINGTON, August 4. For a good many years past mention has been made from time to time of the intention of the Post and Telegraph Department to introduce the Murray telegraphic printer, the invention of a New Zealander who was interned durihg the war, and the machines are only now beginning to come to hand in parts. Keyboards and distributors for eightsets arrived some months ago, and operators ' have been learning how to handle the instruments, which are extremely delicate. Eight receivers hare just arrived, but these are of the Bordeaux type, which differs from Murray’s. They are prefered in America as their errors are more easily corrected, but they print on tape instead of filling up a whole page like Murray’s. The latter, however, are in such demand that they could not be obtained for another year. The instruments are very costly, two complete sets costing £4OOO. They will he employed in the cities to begin with, and in some of the large provincial towns. They will then be connected up, but it is not likely that any will be in practical working order till the end of the year.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16495, 4 August 1921, Page 7
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204THE TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16495, 4 August 1921, Page 7
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