The adequacy of the system Officers, amply
ception of Chief Inspector Aiers, did not know from which house or at what time the alarm would be given. A messenger went to the designated place, pressed a button, and roused the station. The station force turned out en masse, and within two minutes they ' were at the dwelling in Myburgh-Road. Had armed robbers actually been inside, they would have met with more trouble than they had expected.
The apparatus is simple enough as far as the subscriber is concerned. The company supplies as many push Dattons as he may desire, and will install them at convenient points—at the head of the bed, under a counter, alongside the" cash box, near the door, ete. Company engineers will seal windows or doors in such a manner that, should they be opened, the circuit will be broken, by which process the station at once will be roused by the ringing of a gong in the charge-room. Once the plant has been used a representative of the company will make proper connections again in the house. The mechanism isnot dependent upon Municipal electricity, for the company installs its own storage cells, which are constantly recharged.
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