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of iron frames, as in fig. 133, A and B, which, being made all exactly 

 alike, secure the maintenance of perfect distance between the 

 wires. When two loops run on the same poles the frames are 

 modified as at c and D. The twisting system is reported to have 

 given much trouble after breakdowns due to snow, the workmen, 

 finding it impossible to restore the twist promptly, having had to 



D 



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run the wires straight through in order to re-establish communica- 

 tion, and to subsequently retwist them at leisure. 



PAYMENT OF WORKMEN 



General Company. Foremen, 4.5-. $d. ; skilled wiremen, 3^. ^d. ; 

 labourers, from 2s. 2\d. to 2s. S^d. per day. Country allowance, 

 2s. 2\d. per day. 



State. Foremen, 35. 6d. skilled wiremen, 2s. yd. labourers, 

 is. nd. to 2s. 2\d. per day. 



