An excellent story is told by a daily contemporary of an itinerant exhibitor of the phonograph who was exhibiting the machine in the streets of Utrecht, while a number of customers were listening to selections of tunes. Suddenly the tunes ceased, and there was a pause. Then, in a loud clear tone, was heard the one word, •Halt!’ delivered in a a tone bespeaking authority. ‘What is that?’ asked one of tho listeners. • That,’ was the reply, •is the voice of Napoleon Bonaparte giving an order at the Battle of Waterloo.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue X, 7 March 1896, Page 280
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91Untitled New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue X, 7 March 1896, Page 280
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