The following table of lengths of cable and overland wire, along which messages wilt travel between England and South Australia on the telegraph now near completion, is interesting :— Miles. Falmouth to Gibraltar, via Lisbon (cable)... 1,250 Gibraltar to Malta (cable) ... .. 9&1 Malta to Alexandra (cable) ... ... ... $19 Alexandra to Suez (overland wire) 224 Suez to Aden (cable) ... ... 1,308 Aden to Bombay (cable) .. . . ... 1,664 Bombay to Madras (overland wire) ... ... 600 Madras to Penang (cable) ... 1,213 Penang to Singapore (cable) 381 Singapore to Satan's (cable) .. ... 560 Batavia to Banjoewang (overland wire) ... 4S(} Banjoewang to Port Darwin (cable) ... ... 970 Port Darwin to Port Augustus, S. A. (overland wire) „ ... ... ... ... ... 1,800 Total, 12,250 Total length of cable ... ... 9,146 Total length of overland wire 3;JO4 —- — Total ... ... ... 12,250
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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 37, 25 July 1872, Page 2
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