Marvellous Growth of the Sydney Telephone Exchange
Sydney telephones show a remarkable rise in use since 1881 when a private company installed a small exchange in Pitt Street Merchants’ Exchange. The article details the growing capacity, from 4000 to 5490 subscriber lines, the staff of about 200 attendants, and the complex head telephone gear and lamp signaling system that connects subscribers with direct line jacks and induction coils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Alatralia
Merchants’ Exchange
Pittefreet
Menea 2
General Post Office
Union Steamatp Company
Central Exchange
S Branch Exchange
Exchenen
Tx Ag
Tina Ie
Tfelleoce
Burney
Seard
Sydney Exchange
Hungerford
Pitt-street
Western Electric Company
Ecommon Battery Board
City
Central
Fivening News
Cruel sport in Lisbon bull rings shocks world with deaths and injuries
A London dispatch reports a disastrous bull ring event in Lisbon where seven people were killed and forty injured when the arena gates were opened by misguided fans. The account criticizes animal torture, details bullfighting methods, and notes the public spectacle and high payments to matadors amid growing debate over such events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boll Mehr
Lisbon
London
Spain
Madrid
Five masked highwaymen raid railway money coach
A manhunt after an August 1 robbery near Varz ends with four of five masked highwaymen captured. The incident on the main Varz road involved the chief engineer and cashier mortally wounded, £1 stolen, the coachman alarmed locals, and the robbers escaping to a forest before police surrounded them. The gang, Serviana by origin, had been dismissed employees and carried out the daylight coup in typical Dick Turpin fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toca
Lendog
Budapest
Aushin
Hungary
Varz
Serviana
Dick Turpin
Condy’s Fluid Mouthwash Promises Fresh Breath and Throat Cure
Candy’s Fins drops in water deodorize and remove odors from defective teeth and aftereffects of smoking and alcohol. It claims to purify taste, strengthen voice, throat, and gums, cure sore throat, and refresh. Advertises Condy’s Fluid with no permanganate of potash from Goswell Road, London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condy
Goswell Rd
London
England
Characters for Servants in the London Mail Aug 4
An essay notes that employers grant "characters" to servants, a practice tied to status, privilege, and defamation law. It warns that such remarks can become legally charged if they spread harm, with examples of how truth or malice affects privilege and liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Mail
Australia
Aome
Artcle
Mary
Jane
Church of England
Iere
Jones
Mr. Jones
Robinsons
Strange Love Story At Margate Suicide Attempt
A woman claiming to be Mme Guimbal and Mme Eugenie, formerly of Berner's Mansions London, was charged at Margate on a July 35 for attempting to kill herself on cliffs at Westeste. She was found in a weak state, blood loss and injuries to arms and legs. A handbag held an envelope bearing a note professing love for an 18-year-old boy and intent to die. She was remanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Guimbal
Alisa
Eugenie
Berner's Mansions
Berner’s Street
London
Margate
Westeste
St Patrick’s Pilgrims Climb Croagh Patrick For Temperance Sermon
Several priests and large crowds traveled July 8 to Croagh Patrick in Ireland. At about 2500 feet they heard a temperance sermon amid light rain, with pilgrims bowing, bare feet, or kneeling in devotion before descending to regale themselves with cakes and lamou wis.
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Croachpatrick
Ireland
Patrick
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William Wild
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Earth
Abraham
Evuak
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America
Bugiart
Western Electric Coy
Hunter's Hill
SuGurbAa
Gaut- Sily
G.P.O
Wielem
Common Battery Board
J. Y. Nelson
New South Wales
Gus Langeschwerdt
Victors
W. A. Glackstone
P. Howe
Elr
Af Cour As
Alfonso
Ena
Thes
G.P.D
MPN
Deshi
Mike
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Jones
Sally
John
Emilly
Brown
Maline
ST. Patrick's Pilgrims
Atlal Faris
Avantage
F.wolff & Sohn
Karlsruhe
All Chemists & Perfumers
Amd
H. &. Brothwood
King St
Bowen & CO
Collins-at
Melbourne
McGuffie & CO
Quernet
Brisbene
Henry H. Wilkes, R.D.S
Henry H. Wilkes
R.D
George ST
Cathedral
Tal
Ostrich
Miller’s Feather Shop
Corner Strand
Pittat
Jecers Bell
Parramatta Road
Peternham
inSurnza
Bell
Ceese
Clemanta Tonle
Clementa Tonte
Clements Tonte
Petersham
Alex. Smith
E, Murray & Co
Liverpool
Castlepragh
Dritseina
Z. Murray
Liverpool and
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