Notwithstanding the rainy weather, a representative though small audience assembled in the Gymnasium at Kobe on the 4th instant to hear Mr. Gordius Neilson, of Shanghai, lecture upon The Reducing of International Telegram Rates." Mr. Neilson was briefly introduced by the Chairman of the Kobe Foreign Board of Trade, Mr. E. Crevatin.
Opening his remarks, Mr. Neilson gave a very interesting history of telegraphy from 1870, when the Great Northern Telegraph Company of Copenhagen succeeded in obtain-
Mr. Neilson was heartily thanked by the Chairman for the trouble and care he had taken in preparing his subject, and was asked to accept the assurance that his effort was heartily appreciated by those present.
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