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Show I THE TELEPHONE IN AUSTRALIA. t How the Widely Scattered "Squatters" I " Talk to Each Other. B An Irgonluus uso of tho telcphona tins recently modified tho lutonso mo- notony of faiai life In tho "squatter I districts" of Australia. I It would not bnvo paid to lay wires I from farm to farm, for thoy aro often separated by many miles of open I , country; but porno Ingenious person I hit uion tho Idea ot using tho wlro fonces used on all tho farms to con- vey tho current. I The lonoly Hiiunttor nnd his family can now Indulco In n frlondlv rhnt I Ith any ono of a hundred families scattered around within a radius of fifty or sixty mllos. Games of vvhl't and choss aro pla)od at night over tho telophoco by clubs organized for thnt I purrose. |