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Todd gives lecture in support of Newland Memorial Church, Port Victor
Talked about telephone and telegraph and demonstrated telephone
Todd and Knuckey on tour of telegraph stations.
Site determined for Milang post and telegraph station
Concern for destruction of trees in taking some for poles for telegraph lines
Todd potentially in breach of Forest Board instructions. Involves Wirrabara Forest
Criticism of late or non-existent annual reports
Todd needs more staff to publish timely meteorological observations. Gov’t should also publish annual reports on Post and Telegraph Departments
Merchants etc. try to game telegram rates
Controversy over mercantile community amalgamating figures to get cheaper (word) rate for their telegrams
Telegraph 1878 year in review, Todd praise
Volume, revenue, new stations, new/enhanced lines, connection to Queensland, outages (list of Aboriginal interference), complaints low, Todd deserves credit but more capacity required.
Telegraph line duplication to speed up messaging, continuous overnight operations
Duplication to occur between Darwin and Java
Detailed review of development of telegraph and postal services in South Australia
Quantity of mail, telegraphs, revenue, number of stations, length of wires good primer on these topics). Mention Todd’s responsibilities for astronomy and meteorology and number of employees.