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His impressions of Europe and mentions telegraphy, electricity, lighting, telephony (including stats), post and meteorology where SA observations are " best in the southern hemisphere"

Main feature was the parcel post negotiations. He doesn't like privatized telephony, was impressed with lighting on trains, clock for Adelaide library being built, meteorological equipment inspected and purchased

At the Exhibition

Acting as an Exhibition judge of Melbourne made microphone and locally supplied time globes (determines relative time at various places on the earth)

Growing wool in Alice Springs is viable. Bill introduced to build the Adelaide telephone exchange. Suggestion to reduce letter postage rate, charge for newspapers. Telephone connections commercial Exchange and Port Adelaide.

with MacDonnell Bay for weather and shipping reports

With telegraph and telephone facilities