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Could hear the singer, different voices and even a barking dog

With telegraph and telephone facilities

SA uses "their patent rights". Todd negotiating

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.

Mentions expansion of telephone network, exhibition of electric firing mines, relays, electrometer, Morse ink writers, batteries, induction coils; thermopiles; compasses; microphones, submarine cables, telephonic transmitters and receivers

Telephone demonstration by Todd and Squires from Adelaide to Kapunda(?), attended by many and ending with three cheers by audience

Not used in Adelaide as much as overseas.. Expectation centralised network will soon be established locally. Australia has government dominance so probably won't see overseas version of private companies.

At the Exhibition