Show THE TELEPHONE IN AUSTRALIA how the W dely scattered squatters talk to each other an In ingen genois is use of the telephone has recently modified the intense monotony of farm life in the squatter districts of australia it would not have paid raid to lay wires from farm to farm tor for opey are often separated epa rated ll 11 many miles of open country but some ingenious person hit upon the idea of using the wire fences used on all the farms to con vey the current the longly squatter and his family can now indulge in a friendly chat with any one of a hundred families scattered around within a radius of fifty or sixty miles games of whit and nia chess are played at night over the telephone by clubs organized tor for that purpose |