AHTS Newsletter Back Issues

AHTS Newsletter Back Issues

Issue No: 222 Date: December 2001 Pages: 14

West Australian Sub Branch Report
Just a Minute (from the secretary)
President’s Report
AHTS Secretary Report
Special Sale Announcement
Reminders
Hunnings Transmitter Revisited - Part 2
The Craftsman's Corner - Got an Angelstick telephone in your Collection ?
Auction Report; From the Real World
General News
A Journey through Past telecommunications in Germany
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 221 Date: October 2001 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
President’s Report
Special Sale Announcement
AHTS 25th Aniversary Celebrations
Hunnings Transmitters Revisited - Part 1
The Help Wanted Column
The Craftsman's Corner - French Polishing
Reminders
Note to Overseas Members
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 220 Date: August 2001 Pages: 16

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
President’s Report
AHTS 25th Aniversary Celebrations
Special Sale Announcement
Reminders
We Were Wrong
Wills Street Development Project
The First AHTS Newsletter
Western Electric Wall Set
AHTS Web Site Launched
The Craftsman's Corner
The Help Wanted Column
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 219 Date: June 2001 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
President’s Report
Experts Profile
Theme Night 20th April 2001, Tin, Metal Box & Military Telephones
Special Sale Announcement
Theiler Telephone - A Restoration Saga
Letters From The Editor
Special Issue - The Telephone Card
Reminders
General News
The Help Wanted Column
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 218 Date: April 2001 Pages: 20

Western Australia Update
Just a Minute (from the secretary)
President’s Report
A Copy of the World's first Telephone Directory
Ballarat: Victoria's First Country Telephone Exchange
1927 Sears Roebuck Catalogue Extract Covering Telephones
Ballarat's Telephone Subscriber No 1: James Oddi
Special Sale Announcement
Letter From the Editor
Archive Committee
Telephones For the Bush in the 1960's - New Guinea Style
AHTS February Meeting - A Rare Good Time!
Reminders
General News
The Help Wanted Column
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 217 Date: February 2001 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
Western Australia Update
President’s Report
The Next Meeting - AHTS Celebrates 125 Years of the Telephone
Point Cook Visit
A Brief History of Communications in Victoria
Early Christmas Presents
British GPO 162 Colour Sample Selection
Magneto Desk Set Catalogue Extracts
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 216 Date: December 2000 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
Aukland, N.Z. Museum of Transport and Technology
The Next Meeting
Development of the 37 A.W.
Update from Western Australia
Western Electric Catalogue Extracts
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 215 Date: October 2000 Pages: 16

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
Vice President’s Report
The Next Meeting
AHTS Show Review
Some Identification Codes Given to P.M.G. Telephones
The British Ericsson Magneto Wall Telephone
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 214 Date: August 2000 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
Next Meeting
New Members
Society Report July-August
Telephone Codes in the Early Days
Magneto Telephone Shortages
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 213 Date: June 2000 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
Next Meeting
New Members
Apollo Bay Trip
Ericsson 127MW ("Hand Combination" Telephone)
ATCS Sydney Show Report
The Attachment Corner (Glass Mouthpieces Part 4)
STSF Annual Meeting Held in Stockholm 27/5/00
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 212 Date: April 2000 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
Proposed Visit – Old Cable Station Museum, Apollo Bay
AHTS Calendar
Upcoming AHTS Show
News from Western Australian Sub Branch
Will Street Visit 18 February 2000
Submarine Cables: Victoria – Tasmania
Origins of the AHTS and the ATCS – Part 2
The Attachment Corner (Glass Mouthpieces Part 3)
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 211 Date: February 2000 Pages: 16

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
New Members
AHTS Calendar
Next Meeting
News from Western Australian Sub Branch
Proposed Visit to the Old Cable Station Museum, Apollo Bay
The Attachment Corner (Glass Mouthpieces Part 2)
Telephone Development of Early Melbourne
Origins of the AHTS and the ATCS – Part 1
In Memoriam: Bill Cockerell
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 210 Date: December 1999 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary) - AGM
Next Meeting
New Members
Letter From the Past President (Marco Laudani)
Letter from Richard Wymer, Vice President
Treasurer’s report 1999
Eastern Electric – The Early Years
The Attachment Corner (Glass Mouthpieces Part 1)
News from Western Australian Sub Branch
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 209 Date: October 1999 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
Next Meeting
New Members
Western Australian Members Update
History and telephone of Stromberg-Carlson (Desk Stands)
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 208 Date: August 1999 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
AHTS Calendar
Next Meeting
New Members
Public Telephone Cabinets Used in Australia
Exploring the PMG Fluted-Stepped Base Candlestick Telephone
Extract from Ericsson Catalogue on Magneto Table and Wall Switchboards
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 207 Date: June 1999 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
Next Meeting
New Members
News from Western Australia
Who Really Invented the Telephone
ATCS Show Report
Catalogue Extract on Cloth Telephone Chords
Collectors Beware: A Telephone Story With a Bad Ring
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 206 Date: April 1999 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
New Members
News About the Swedish Telemuseum Video
Next Meeting
Telephone History in Geelong: Part 2 – The Geelong Manual Exchange
Elisha Gray; "Also Ran"
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 205 Date: February 1999 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary) - AGM
AHTS Calendar
New Members
Correction to Last Issue
Western Australia – Sub Branch Christmas Meeting
Telephone History in Geelong: Part 1 – William Jackson Thomas
Automatic Electric – Telephones Circa 1912
Letter from Arnold Rupp, Spain.
Next Meeting
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 204 Date: December 1998 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
AHTS Calendar
Telephone Shows
162/232 Table Telephone
The 232 Type Table Telephone
Extract of Telephone Engineering Instructions – Australia Post Office
Ericsson Budapest – Skeletal Table Telephones
Treasurers Report
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 203 Date: October 1998 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary) - AGM
Next Meeting
New Members
Catalogue Extract on Swedish American Telephone Co.
AHTS Show Report September 1998
Electroplating – August Meeting Demonstration
Farewell Frank Soden – AHTS Member No. 1
President’s Report
Telemuseum Video Project – Progress report from STFS
The Telephone Exchange
List of Past Presidents and Committee Members

Issue No: 202 Date: August 1998 Pages: 14

Next Meeting
Just a Minute (from the secretary)
Huges, Crossley, Blakey and Emmott
Member Profile - No. 295 Arnold Rupp (Spain)
Important notice Regarding Show
Dinner Bookings for Show Dinner
News, Minutes and Notes frin Western Australia
A Trip to the Continent
Presti Estate - Phone Austion (Review)
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 201 Date: June 1998 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
Notes and Reminders
AHTS Show Details
AHTS Calendar
New Members
Of Microphones and Men: Hughes, Cossley, Blakey and Emmott
Kellogg automatic Wall Phone (Circa 1920’s)
Ericsson ‘Show and Tell’ Meeting – 17^th April, 1998
Telemuseum Video Update
Telecommunications Heritage Group (England)
Notice – Book Reprint (Vintage Telephones of the World)
Peter Scott-Young – Timber Veneers Specialist
The Telephone Doll
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 200 Date: April 1998 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary) - AGM
Next Meeting
General Information from the Editor
AHTS Calendar
New Members
Common Questions about Ericsson Wall Telephones
The Swedish / Commonwealth Ericsson Wall Telephone No 131MW
Member Profile: Ray White – A Tech On The Move.
WA News – An Update Of Occurrences
Telemuseum Video Progress
The Telephone Exchange
Catalogue Extract on Batteries

Issue No: 199 Date: February 1998 Pages: 14

Just a Minute (from the secretary)
Commonwealth EricssonRestoration Notes: Part 3
The Sumter Picture Frame Font
Dial "R" for Reg!!
AHTS Telephone Show 1998
AHTS Upcomming Social Event
A Swedish Experience
An update from AHTS - Western Australia
AHTS Visits the Melbourne Fire Museum
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 198 Date: December 1997 Pages: 12

From the President
Just a Minute (from the secretary)
The Magneto Cordless Switchboard – Pyramid Type
Collecting Now and Then: Ideas on how to Build Up Your Collection
AHTS Calendar
New Members
Restoration Workshop
Western Electric Candlestick Extract
The Telephone Exchange
AHTS Financial Statement for Year Ending 30 June 1997

Issue No: 197 Date: October 1997 Pages: 16

Telegraphs to 1900
A Word From The Tresurer
The Electrician, July 1, 1882
The Editor Leaves His Desk
More Congratulations
Trivia
Committee Notes
More on Sweeden
Welcomes
Member Profile: Roland Clark
Commonwealth Ericsson Restoration Notes; Part 2
The Telephone exchange

Issue No: 196 Date: August 1997 Pages: 16

A Note from The Morsecodians
Where We’ve Come From: Extract of AHTS No. 44 August 1980
From The Editor’s Desk
New Members
Charles Scribner: The Man Behind The Switchboard
Member Profile: Lou Mezosi
Telegraphs into 1900; Part 3
Polarized Relays: A Further Note
Commonwealth Ericsson Restoration Notes
Survey Results
Reprint of "Growth of the Telephone Movement in Pastoral and Agricultural Communities"
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 195 Date: June 1997 Pages: 16

More on the Swedish Connection
AHTS is Pleased to Welcome STFS as a Complimentary Member
Henrik’s Corner
Special Welcomes
News From the West
The Australian 800/8000 Series Telephones
From the Editor’s Desk
Telegraphs into 1900; Part 2
A Note From Rosemary
Advance Notice of social Event
A Note on the Murray Telegraph System
Women and the Telegraph
The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 194 Date: April 1997 Pages: 18

Photo Montage
Restoration Social Report
Next Meeting
Can Anyone Help Brad
Telegraphy Pre-1900: Part 1
From the Editor's Desk
Spetial welcomes
A New telephone Mouthpiece
The Wallhalla telegraph
Greetings and Other Types of Special Telegram Forms
The Telephone Exchange
Directory of Telephone Collecting Societies

Issue No: 193 Date: February 1997 Pages: 18

AHTS Exhibition, November 1996
From the Editor’s Desk
Welcome to these New Members
From Telegraph Messenger To Supervisor: Bill Cockerell’s 50 years with the PMG
Extract on Western Electric Pattern (USA) Morse Key
Telephone Collecting in Sweden
A Note on Historic Walhalla
Port Arthur Historic Site Notes: The Semaphore Telegraph System
Extract from Telecom News on Morsecodian Meetings
The Telephone Exchange
Books
Reproduction Parts and Spares
Details of Upcoming 1997 Telephone Collector’s Show

Issue No: 192 Date: December 1996 Pages: 12

The Show - A Taste of Things to Come
from the Editor's Desk
Welcomes
A Two-Way Thankyou Note
the Show - Preliminary Report
Women and the Telephone: Part four - Women at Home
President's Report
Trading Post
Next Meeting

Issue No: 191 Date: October 1996 Pages: 18

An Invitation to be Part of the Historic Radio, Telephone, and Gramophone Joint Exhibition (Nov. 23^rd & 24^th)
From the Editor’s Desk
The AGM
Mountjoy’s Book
Extract from Knox News on Kevin Knox
Women and the Telephone: Part 3 – Manufacturing
Restoration Corner: How to Fit Skeletal Transfers
Extract from the National telephone Journal on An Unusual Cause of Fire
Understanding Sidetone Circuits: Part 1
Member Profile: One of an Occasional Series: Reg. & Sylvia Easdale
Trading Post

Issue No: 190 Date: August 1996 Pages: 18

New Video Available: Early Telephone Developments
From the Editor’s Desk
Telephone Show Details
Women and the Telephone: Part 2
Bakelite Telephones
Trading Post
Extract from a Scottish Paper on the First Automatic Telephone Exchange in Great Britain

Issue No: 189 Date: June 1996 Pages: 18

Next Meeting
New Video Now Available - Early Telephone Developments
From the Editor's Desk
"Number Please" - Early London Telephone Exchanges
Women and the Telephone
A Note from the tasmanian Museum - Beware: radiation Hazard
Expression of interest - Telephone Show
Book Promotioon - The Telephone Patent Book
More on Ericsson Pulpits
Sydney Telephone Collectors Show Report 1996
AHTS Auction Rules
Security of Antique telephones and Similar Items
trading Post

Issue No: 188 Date: April 1996 Pages: 14

Next Meeting
From The Editor's Desk
Auction Report
Correspondence
Ericsson Pulpit Wall Telephone
46 Years with the PMG - Ernie Webster, Tasmania
Trading Post

Issue No: 187 Date: February 1996 Pages: 17

Next Meeting
Insulator Collecting. Member Profile: Noel Dawson
Extract from the Antique telephone Collector's Association Newsletter on Northern Electric Telephones
From the Editoer's Desk
Extract on A Medhurst Designed Switchboard
The Berthon-Ader Wall Telephone
Candlesticks
Trading Post
1996 Telephone Collector's Show Details

Issue No: 186 Date: December 1995 Pages: 14

Tracing the History of the Commonwealth Ericsson Wall Phone
Invitation to "Candlestick Night"
Extract from The Telecommunication Journal of Australia on A comprehensive Telephone Service
From the Editor’s Desk
Trivia: Reprinted from AHTS No. 170
Outgoing President’s Report
Margaret’s Story: AHTS Interviews a London Telephonist
Trading Post
Extract from a Patent on a Candlestick Pad Support

Issue No: 185 Date: October 1995 Pages: 14

From the Editor’s Desk
AHTS Financial Statement for Year Ending 1995
Telephone Hook Switches; Their Early Development
Member Profile: How Frank Soden got His Start
Helpful Hint: Dial won’t Run?
Lightning Protection: Part 2
AHTS Auction Rules
Displaying your Swedish Ericsson Wall Phone
Extract from The Laughing Australian on Kookaburras and Telephones on Postcards
Trading Post

Issue No: 184 Date: August 1995 Pages: 12

Next Meeting
Fron the Editor's Desk
Magazine Review: Telecom History
The Hunnings - Ansestor of the Modern Carbon Granule Transmitters
Lightning Protection
Dr Bell Visits Brisbane
Trading Post

Issue No: 183 Date: June 1995 Pages: 12

Lightning Arresters: Part 1
From the Editor’s Desk
Frederick William Medhurst: Tasmanian Telephone Pioneer
AHTS Committee
AHTS Auction Rules
Extract from The Telephone Patent Book on a Telephone Disinfectant Attachment
Book Promotion: The Telephone Patent Book
Trading Post

Issue No: 182 Date: April 1995 Pages: 12

Next Meeting
What is it ? (from last issue)
From The Editor's Desk.
Book Promotion - The Telephone Patent Book
Frederick William Medhurst - Tasmanian Telephone Pioneer
Extract from the Telephone Patent Book
Book Promotion - Alexander Graham Bell
Trading Post

Issue No: 181 Date: February 1995 Pages: 12

Next Meeting
From The Editor's Desk.
What is it ? (from last issue)
Books For Sale.
Telephone in its Infancy
Copy of 127MW Engineering Instructions from Substation E 2001
Welcomes
Trading Post

Issue No: 180 Date: December 1994 Pages: 12

Next Meeting
President's Report
Books for Sale
From the Editor's Desk
Committee Notes
Terms and Part Names can be Confusing! Here are a Few Basics
Commonwealth Public Service Examination No. 517, August 1914 (Junior Mechanic, PMG)
The Story of the Development of the Glass Insulator
AHTS Statement of Receipts and Payments for Year Ending 30.6.1994
Audit Report of 1993/94 Finanacial Operations of the AHTS
What is it ?
Wanted, Sell, Swap

Issue No: 179 Date: October 1994 Pages: 8

Next Meeting
President's Report
Shellac Finishing of Old Telephones
Copper Plating on the Cheap
Wanted, Sell, Swap

Issue No: 178 Date: August 1994 Pages: ?

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Issue No: 177 Date: June 1994 Pages: ?

*** MISSING***

Issue No: 176 Date: April 1994 Pages: 12

Next Meeting
An Interesting Invitation From ACTS
Good Fidelity, and More Importantly Sterio, Nearly a Century Ago
Cobalt, Tungsten and Chromium in Your Telephone
The Infinite Line
110 Years Ago
The Shocking Truth
The Story of Insulation In Your Telephone
The Story of Magnesium In Your Telphone
Membership Renewals
Wanted

Issue No: 175 Date: February 1994 Pages: 12

Next Meeting
President's Report
Submarine Cables
Letter to the Editor
Rambling Article
Extract on the History of Computing
Extract on the Timeline of the Early History of Telephony

Issue No: 174 Date: December 1993 Pages: 12

Next Meeting
President's Report
Transpositions
Statement of Receipts and Payments for Year Ending 30.6.93
Extract of letter bi C>M in Scotts Magazine, mid 18th century
A Short Story
Telephone Influence Factor
Letter to the Editor
Editor's Page
A-Maze-Ing Telecomminications
Wanted and For Sale, etc.

Issue No: 173 Date: October 1993 Pages: 12

Next Meeting
President's Report
40 Yeards Ago Indeed
Gravity Switch
Bell's Bel (or some advice from the editor)
So Much for the Level of Speech, What About the Speed ?
Extract from the TJA on Transmitter Characteristics
Extract - Transmission Test Set for Subscribers' Instruments, Local Lines, and Exchange Apparatus
Trading Post

Issue No: 172 Date: August 1993 Pages: 20

Next Meeting
Handy Hint: Dial Labels
Extract on the Oppenheimer Pole
Letter to the Editor from Ray Jensen, N.Z.
Ice-Cream Anyone? (Article on Ice-Cream-Scoop Mouth-Piece)
Letter to the Editor on Double Poling
Extract from 1920’s Webster Dictionary on tele*
Short Article on Overhead Wires and Injuries
Short Article on Thefts of Telephone Poles and Lines
The Loud-speaking Telephone
Extract on The Information Age
Extract on A History Factory
AC Waveforms and Power Calculations
Wanted, Unwanted, For-Sale, Free-Gifts, Good Clean Filling, Etc.

Issue No: 171 Date: June 1993 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
News
President's Report
Letters to the Editor
Did You Know...
Quality Assurance, Acceptance, Statistics, and Sealed Patterns
Facinating Stuff...
"Charles Telecom", better known as Telecom Charlie
This is an Edison-Bell Record
The Wonderful Spell Chicken Facility

Issue No: 170 Date: April 1993 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Remember I Suggested the Research Visit would be Rewarding?
Did You Know?
You Probably Did Know
Letter to the Editor
Extract from a PMG Correspondence Course in Automatic Telephony on Automatic Telephony
Did you Know?
Believe it or Not
For Sale, Swap, Wanted, Etc.

Issue No: 169 Date: February 1993 Pages: 8

Next Meeting
President’s Report
AHTS Meeting at Telecom Research Labs
Did You Know?
Trading Post

Issue No: 168 Date: December 1992 Pages: 8

The Next Meeting
President’s Report
Editorial
The Next Committee Meeting
Feature Article – Ericsson Skeletal Open Frame Magneto Local Battery Telephones
Trading Post
Did you Know
Ringing in a Revolution

Issue No: 167 Date: October 1992 Pages: 12

The Next Meeting
AHTS Inc. Committee
New Members
A Note From The Secretary
Australian Telephone Collectors Society
Comics
President’s Report
Amalgamation With N.S.W.
News Highlights
Educational – Impulses
AHTS Financial Statements
Trading Post

Issue No: 166 Date: August 1992 Pages: 12

The Next Meeting
AHTS Inc. Committee
President’s Report
New Member
Austel Permits
Solid Back Transmitter
Article From AOTC News August 1992 – Longreach Hosts The End Of An Era To Put The Outback On The Phone
Feature Article – Part 2, Continued From The June Newsletter – Interpreting The Engineering History Of The Telephony In Western Australia 1887-1987
Trading Post

Issue No: 165 Date: June 1992 Pages: 12

The Next Meeting
Report On Last Meeting
Book Offer – Telephone Antique To Modern
Report On ATCS Collectors Fair
Article From AOTC News – April 1992 – Hidden Secret Of Gabo Island
Feature Article – Part 1 – Interpreting The Engineering History Of Telephony In Western Australia 1887-1987
Trading Post

Issue No: 164 Date: April 1992 Pages: 12

The Next Meeting
This Issue
President’s Report
Letters
New Members
News Highlights
Trading Post
Feature Article – Extract From TCI Newsletter U.S.A. – Diseases
News Highlights – Shifting From Old Telecom Treasures
Educational – Telecommunications Act 1991 And How It May Affect You

Issue No: 163 Date: February 1992 Pages: 16

The Next Meeting
President’s Report – December Meeting
Vale
News Highlights (Various Newspaper Cuttings)
Feature Article – The Telephone Mouth Piece
Invitation
Article – James Kennedy Logan 1844-1912
ATCS Telephone Collectors Show 1992 – Program
Trading

Issue No: 162 Date: December 1991 Pages: 12

The Next Meeting
Office Bearers And Committee
President’s Report
Constitution Change
Mail
Editorial – Noiega’s Telephone
News Highlights (Various Newspaper Cuttings)
Article – Recycling
Feature Article – The Electrophone System
Article From New Scientist December 1982 – Call Up A Number And Listen To Debates In The House Of Commons
Ex-Treasurer’s Report
AHTS Financial Statements
Trading Post

Issue No: 161 Date: October 1991 Pages: 12

The Next Meeting
President’s Report
News Highlights
Article – Siemens Neophone
Requiem For A Red Box
Trading Post

Issue No:160 Date: August 1991 Pages: 16

The Next Meeting
President’s Report
Coming Events
Constitution Change
Correspondence
News Highlights (Various Newspaper Cuttings)
Article – 1980 Two-Box Phones Australia And New Zealand
Trading Post

Issue No: 159 Date: June 1991 Pages: 2

President’s New Bulletin
Proposed Agenda For Next 12 Months
Next Meeting

Issue No: 159 Date: March 1991 Pages: 14

Editorial
Invitation – Telephone Collectors Fair
News Highlights
Article – The Ancestors Of Today’s Batteries
Article – History Of Telephone Switching Technology In Australia – Continued
Trading Post

Issue No: 158 Date: February 1991 Pages: 12

President’s Report
Telephone Collectors Fair
News Highlights
Feature Article – The History Of Telephone Switching Technology In Australia
Articles From ATCA Newsletter – Last Magneto Party Line
Advertisements From The ATCS Swapshop
Trading Post

Issue No: 157 Date: December 1990 Pages: 12

The Next Meeting
President’s Report
Article – The Outback’s Calling
Article From A 1934 Ericsson Bulletin – A Protected Telephone System For Use Along High Voltage Transmission Routes
Ads From Antique Telephone Collectors Association
Trading Post

Issue No: 156 Date: November 1990 Pages: 12

The Next Meeting
Office Bearers
New Member
President’s Report
Article – The Inventive Genius Of Henry Sutton
Article – Battery-Call Railway Telephones
Treasurer’s Report
Trading Post

Issue No: 155 Date: October 1990 Pages: 12

The Next Meeting
President’s Report
News Highlights
Article From The Ericsson Bulletin – Police Telephones And Signals A New System
Trading Post

Issue No: 154 Date: September 1990 Pages: 12

The Next Meeting
Coming Events
President’s Report
News Highlights
Article – The Evolution Of The Strowger Dial
Trading Post
Books Available From ATCA Newsletter

Issue No: 153 Date: August 1990 Pages: 14

The Next Meeting
Committee
President’s Report
News Highlights
Article – Understanding That Beam Of Light
Article – The British Ericsson Magneto Handset Wall Telephone
Trading Post
Advertisement From The Antique Telephone Collectors Association

Issue No: 152 Date: July 1990 Pages: 14

The Next Meeting
This Issue
President’s Report
Handy Hints – Cleaning Brass Nickel Plating
News Highlights
Ericofon Telephone – Maintenance Notes
Article – Australia-Tasmania Cable
Trading Post
Letter – From The Telephone Collectors International

Issue No: 151 Date: June 1990 Pages: 12

The Next Meeting
Note From The Editor
President’s Report
News Highlights
Articles From People Magazine
Article – The New Trunk Insulator (From The 1939 Telecommunications Journal Of Australia)
The Way We Were
Trading Post

Issue No: 150 Date: May 1990 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
A Note From The Editor
Last Months Meeting
Membership
New Members
AHTS Mailbox
From The Newspapers
The Way We Were
AHTS Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Wood Restoration
Attached - The 162/232 – Type Table Handset
Attached - Telephone Pamphlet No. 68. (issued June 1937, August 1937)

Issue No: 149 Date: April 1990 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Membership
From the President
Membership Renewals
Restoration Hints
From The Newspapers
The Way We Were
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
The A.P.O. Type 162/232 Handset Telephone
The Manufacture Of The Neophone
Attached - The Story Of Cotton In Your Telephone

Issue No: 148 Date: March 1990 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Urgent Notice To All Members
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Next Meeting
Books
Phonographs And Gramophones
Edison: The Man And His Work
The Way We Were
Attached - The Story of Iron In Your Telephone

Issue No: 147 Date: February 1990 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
The Way We Were
Our First Telephone Exchange (continued from Issue No. 146)
Victorian Institute Of Engineers
Attached - The Story Of Asphalt In Your Telephone

Issue No: 146 Date: December 1989 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Editorial
To All Members
Membership
Cleaning, Oxidizing And Colouring Metalwork
A.H.T.S. Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Telephone Development Around The World
Our First Telephone Exchange
Central Battery Signaling

Issue No: 145 Date: November 1989 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Editorial
Membership
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
The Story Of Henry Byron Moore And Our First Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 144 Date: October 1989 Pages: 14

Next Meeting
Membership
Editorial
Presidents Report
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Thomas Theophilus Draper (1839 – 1921) – a biographical summary of his life and work

Issue No: 143 Date: September 1989 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Coming Events
Elections
Editorial
Membership
Mail Box
Special Offer
A New Telephone Society
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
The Berthon-Ader Wall Telephone (continued from previous issue)
The Way We Were
Transmitters In Practical Use (continued from Issue No. 139)

Issue No: 142 Date: August 1989 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Editorial
Membership
Special Offer
The Way We Were
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Stromberg-Carlson

Issue No: 141 Date: July 1989 Pages: 18

Next Meeting
Vendors
Coming Events – August
Editorial
Telephone Development Around The World
Electrophone
The Berthon-Ader Wall Telephone
Telephones Of France

Issue No: 140 Date: June 1989 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Editorial
Membership
Newsletter
New Service
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Books
The Way We Were
Looks Phoney Exhibition
What Telephone Is That?
Central Battery Telephones

Issue No: 139 Date: May 1989 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Editorial
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Mobile Police Communications In Victoria
Membership
The Way Were
From The Newspaper
Attached - The Story Of Nickel In Your Telephone
Attached - Practical Handbook

Issue No: 138 Date: April 1989 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Looks Phoney
Editorial
Membership
The Way We Were
Books
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Attached - Early Receivers
Attached - The Story Of Precious Metals In Your Telephone

Issue No: 137 Date: March 1989 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Editorial
Membership
AHTS Bookshop
Other Books Available From Overseas
Mail Box
From The Newspaper – Phones With A Hang-up
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Attached - An Unusual Telephone Display (reprint from a 1983 issue on "Post Office Publicity")
Attached - The Way We Were

Issue No: 136 Date: February 1989 Pages: 16

Next Meeting
Editorial
Trading Post – Want To Buy, Sell, Swap
The Way We Were
The Development Of The Magneto Wall Telephone
The Articulating Or Speaking Telephone

Issue No: 135 Date: December 1988 Pages: 12

Next Meeting
Overseas Visitors
Special Offers
Annual Subscriptions
Membership
Proposed Telephone Exhibition – 1989
The Telephone And Popular Culture
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Attached - The Modern Handset Telephone
Attached - Telephone Pamphlet No. 68 (issued June, 1937, August 1937)

Issue No: 134 Date: November 1988 Pages:12

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The Way We Were
From The Newspapers
Attached - The Party Line Telephone Service
Attached - Clausen Eight-Party System Bell Connections

Issue No: 133 Date: October 1988 Pages: 14

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Bicentennial Trade Fair – Post Script
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The Way We Were
Attached - The Miracle Of Talking By Telephone – 1937 National Geographic Magazine

Issue No: 132 Date: September 1988 Pages: 8

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The Bicentennial Trade Fair Display
Special Offer Book

Issue No: 131 Date: August 1988 Pages: 12

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Bicentennial Trade Fair Exhibit
From The Newspapers
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Attached - Miscellaneous Applications (extracts from "Poole’s Practical Handbook")
Attached - Continuing the 1937 National Geographic Magazine article

Issue No: 130 Date: July 1988 Pages: 12

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From The Newspapers
Telephone Development Around The World
The Party Line Telephone Service
Attached - The Miracle Of Talking By Telephone (1937 National Geographic Magazine)

Issue No: 129 Date: June 1988 Pages: 14

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Telephone Display
Constitution
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Phone Phreak Caught In Act – Telephone Engineer & Management, July 1, 1986
How The Magneto Telephone Works
Special Offer

Issue No: 128 Date: May 1988 Pages: 12

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From The Newspapers
The Way We Were
Continuing The Party Line Telephone Story: Part 4
Telephone Development Around The World – The United States Of America

Issue No: 127 Date: April 1988 Pages: 12

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A Slice Of History (reproduced from a telecom publication)
Continuing The Party Line Telephone Service: Part 3

Issue No: 126 Date: March 1988 Pages: 16

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Alexander Graham Bell – Was He First To Invent The Telephone?
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Letters
The Telephone – A Historical Anthology

Issue No: 125 Date: February 1988 Pages: 16

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From The Newspapers
Telephone Development Around The World (Principality of Liechtenstein)
The Party Line Telephone Service: Part 2 - Selective Ringing Systems
Telephone Systems (extract from Western Electric catalog)
Stromberg-Carlson
Stromberg-Carlson Party Line Telephone – Battery Saver

Issue No: 124 Date: December 1987 Pages: 14

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Lacquer For Polished Metal Surfaces
The Way We Were
Local Exhibition Of Telephones – Stanley, Tasmania
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Electroplating For The Amateur
From The Newspapers
Attached - The Story Of Mica And Cellulose Acetate In Your Telephone

Issue No: 123 Date: November 1987 Pages: 12

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Repairing Woodwork
Special Offer
Restoring Painted Metal surfaces
Odd Spot (Rust Removal By Electrolysis)
The Intermediate Telephone (finishing off last month’s article on Extension Switches)
Attached - The Story Of Silk In Your Telephone

Issue No: 122 Date: October 1987 Pages: 18

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An Important Centenary
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Telephone Extension Switches
Specification For Switch, Common Batter, Single Extension, and Intercommunication
Telephones And Microphones – How To Make And Use Them

Issue No: 121 Date: September 1987 Pages: 10

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The Way We Were
Conditions Of Service 1936 (Telecommunication Journal of Australia, Vol. 36, No 3, 1986)
Attached - Telephones And Microphones
Attached - Home-Made Batteries

Issue No: 120 Date: August 1987 Pages: 14

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Stromberg-Carlson Magneto Wallset

Issue No: 119 Date: July 1987 Pages: 10

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Introduction to the Automatic Exchange into Australia
The Telephone - A Slow Starter
Extracts from the Geelong Advertiser
The Way We Were

Issue No: 118 Date: June 1987 Pages: 12

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Telephones And Microphones – Part 2
From The Newspapers

Issue No: 117 Date: May 1987 Pages: 12

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Motion Proposing To Alter Constitution
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Bits ‘N Pieces
Telephones And Microphones: Part 1
Attached - A Telephone In His Hat (from a USA Telephony magazine 1894)

Issue No: 116 Date: April 1987 Pages: 14

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A Telephone On The Farm (extract from a 1921 Stromberg Carlson catalog)
Line Construction Materials
A Great Idea That Didn’t Work: Provision Of Rural Service Over Rural Power Lines (Telephony, September 24, 1979)

Issue No: 115 Date: March 1987 Pages: 18

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Poor Attendance At Monthly Meetings
Notice Of Motion
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1987 Membership Renewals
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Tele-Scope
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
The Party Line Telephone Service
Telephone Terms (extract from Western Electric catalog)

Issue No: 114 Date: February 1987 Pages: 12

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Trading post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Signaling Devices – The Magneto Generator
Let’s Get Technical – How The Magneto Works
Magneto Generators Used By The Australian Post Office
Hand Generators

Issue No: 113 Date: December 1986 Pages: 10

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From The Editor
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The Way We Were
Telephone Development Around The World – Republic Of Turkey
Helpful Hints On Restoration Of Bell Receivers
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Attached - How the Telephone "Talks" (reprinted from the Telephone Almanac – 1923)

Issue No: 112 Date: November 1986 Pages: 10

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50 Years Of The Telephone And The Hearing Aid
Odd Spot
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The Way We Were
Bells

Issue No: 111 Date: October 1886 Pages: 12

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Telecom Open Days – October
Odd Spot (extract from "The Living Australia")
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Phonographs And Gramophones
Edison: The Man And His Work

Issue No: 110 Date: September 1986 Pages: 16

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Helpful Hint (Restoration Of Ericsson Battery Covers)
Ericsson Telephone Features In A Play – 1887
1882 Wall Telephone
The Development Of The L.M. Ericsson Company

Issue No: 109 Date: August 1986 Pages: 10

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Tasmanian (Telecom) Workshop
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Telephone Facilities In Outback Australia – The Digital radio Concentrator System
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Telephone Development Around The World – Thailand
Concluding The Story Of Telegraphy In New Zealand

Issue No: 108 Date: July 1986 Pages: 10

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Loud Sounding Galah (from a Telecom magazine)
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The Way We Were
The Story Of Cotton In Your Telephone
Rebus
Telegraphy In New Zealand (continued from last month)

Issue No: 107 Date: June 1986 Pages: 12

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Special Invitation
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Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap

Issue No: 106 Date: May 1986 Pages: 10

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Historical Events For May
Some Mouse Stories
Attached - The Story Of Rubber In Your Telephone
Attached - Yesterday’s Men Of Vision
Attached - From Slipper Jack To System X

Issue No: 105 Date: April 1986 Pages: 12

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1899 Telephone Information
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Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Electrics – Telephone
Let’s Get Technical (continuing the series on "How It Works")
Telephone Receivers

Issue No: 104 Date: March 1986 Pages: 20

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We Are 10 Years Old This Month
Centenary Telephone Exhibition
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Historical Events For March
Optical Fiber Transmission
Potential Of Optical Fibers
Fiber Optics Calls Up The Past

Issue No: 103 Date: February 1986 Pages: 10

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The Way We Were
From The Newspapers
Historical Events For January And February
Attached - 1889 Telephone Information
Attached - From The Far Corners Of The Earth (extracts from a 1927 Western Electric catalogue)

Issue No: 102 Date: December 1985 Pages: 11

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New Telephone Transmitters – 1883
Odd Spot
Australian Historical Telephone Society – Membership List – Dec. 1985

Issue No: 101 Date: November 1985 Pages: 10

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Odd Spot
Historical Events For October and November
Telephone Development Around The World – Part 59 - Switzerland
Plastics And Telephones
Special Offer
Odd Spot
Telephone Maintenance In The Old Days
Chicago Telephone Company – Rules For Troublemen

Issue No: 100 Date: October 1985 Pages: 14

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Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Helpful Hints – Ericsson Terminal Designation Labels
Feature Article – Repairing Woodwork
Feature Article – French Polishing
Special Offer
Helpful Hints From Makers Of Linseed Oil
Telephone Development Around The World – Part 58 - Kingdom Of Sweden
The Telephone Catalog – The Swedish/Commonwealth Ericsson Wall Telephone
AHTS Financial Statement – Year Ended 30/6/85

Issue No: 99 Date: September 1985 Pages: 12

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From The Newspapers
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
A.H.T.S. Constitution
Telephone Numbers For Reference
Museum Near Taree (NSW)
Odd Spot
The United States Government And The Expansion Of Telephone Services In The Depression Years Of The 30’s
Historical Events For September
Let’s Get (A Bit) Technical – The Telephone Transmitter
Odd Spot
Telephone Postcards

Issue No: 98 Date: August 1985 Pages: 16

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Auction Meeting Results
Entrance Fee
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Elections ’85
The Australian Historic Telephone Society Incorporated – Postal Ballot
Article – NJ Bell Disposes Of Garbage Dilemma
AHTS Inc. Constitution
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Helpful Hint – Oxidizing Brass
Historical Events For August
Extract From "Scientific American" magazine – August 1883
Feature Article – Central Battery Wallsets

Issue No: 97 Date: July 1985 Pages: 12

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A Short Story
Helpful Hint
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Telephone Development Around The World – Part 57 – Republic Of South Africa
Extract From A 1927 Book – "From The Far Corners Of The Earth – The Story Of Aluminum In Your Telephone"
Article - A Link With The Past
Family Connections Of Charles Moody To A.G. Bell
Drawing Of Bell’s Telephones

Issue No: 96 Date: June 1985 Pages: 14

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Arts Centre Visit
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Odd Spot
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Article – The Beginning Of The Telephone Service In America
Cartoons – On The Light Side
Extract From 1919 Sterling Catalog

Issue No: 95 Date: May 1985 Pages: 16

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Article – Early Microphones (Reprint From Issue no. 28)
Extracts From Early Books – Early Transmitters
Article From 1927 Western Electric Book – The Story Of Coal In Your Telephone
Article From 1927 Western Electric Book – The Story Of Mica In Your Telephone

Issue No: 94 Date: April 1985 Pages: 14

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Advance Notice – May Functions
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Obituary – Ruben P. Watson
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Odd Spot – FCC Issues Ruling On Dial-A-Porn Complaints
The Telephone Catalog – Stromberg-Carlson

Issue No: 93 Date: March 1985 Pages: 14

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Odd Spot
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Telephone Developments Around The World – Part 56 – Republic Of Singapore
The Telephone Catalog – Magneto Handset Telephone
Article - Bells Photophone
Special Offer

Issue No: 92 Date: February 1985 Pages: 15

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Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Mail Box
Cartoons – On The Light Side
Telephone Catalog – Kellogg Magneto Handset Telephone (Type 1040)
Telephone Facilities On Country Districts – The Use And Care Of The Telephone
Continuing The Do-It-Yourself Telephone Story From Last Months
Instructions For Installing And Testing Western Electric No. 1317 Type Telephone Sets

Issue No: 91 Date: December 1984 Pages: 14

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The Telephone Catalog – The 400 Series Telephones
Odd Spots
Telephone Facilities In Country Districts
Magneto Line Bulletin – Bulletin No. 1009
Continuing The Do-It-Yourself Telephone Installation Story From Last Month – Instructions For Installing And Testing Western Electric No. 1317 Type Telephone Sets

Issue No: 90 Date: November 1984 Pages: 12

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Odd Spot
Cartoon – On The Light Side
The Telephone Catalog – The 300 Series Telephones
Do-It-Yourself Telephones – Western Electric

Issue No: 89 Date: October 1984 Pages: 12

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Helpful Hint Department
Cartoon – On The Light Side
Odd Spot
The Telephone Catalog – The APO 1939 Wood Automatic Wall Telephone Type 237
Telephone Development Around The World – Part 55 – Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico
Odd Spot
From The Western Electric Book – The Story Of Antimony In Your Telephone Apparatus
Treasurer’s Report

Issue No: 88 Date: September 1984 Pages: 10

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Overseas Visitor
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For Sale
Odd Spot
The Telephone Catalog – Type Table Handset Telephones
Notes On The Development Of The Telephone In Tasmania
Telephone Experiments
Odd Spot

Issue No: 87 Date: August 1984 Pages: 10

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Cartoon – On The Light Side
Telephone Development Around The World – Part 54 – Pitcairn Islands
Telephone Catalog – The APO/BPO 1920 Wood Automatic Wallset
Article – Telephones For Use By Subscribers Only
Odd Spot
Article – The Story Of Copper In Your Telephone

Issue No: 86 Date: July 1984 Pages: 12

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Telephone Development Around The World – Part 53 – The Republic Of The Philippines
Cartoons – On The Light Side
Special Offer
Article – Old Technology Gives Kirsten New Outlet
Odd Spot
Helpful Hints
Article From 1927 Western Electric Book – The Story Of Wool In Your Telephone
Magneto Call Telephones

Issue No: 85 Date: May/June 1984 Pages: 12

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Historical Notes For May/June
The Last Manual Exchange In Victoria Goes - Murtoa
Article – Auto or Manual
Note On Last Magneto Manual Exchange Closer In USA
Article – Freddie Phone
The Swedish – American No. 50 Desk Stand (Pedestal) Telephone
Telephone Development Around The World – Part 52 – Republic Of Peru

Issue No: 84 Date: April 1984 Pages: 12

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Article – Circuit Operation Description Transistorized Ringing Current Generator
Article – Wireless Telephony – From "Telephony"- Boyrer 1995
Article – Queensland’s First Electric Public Address System
Article – Lighthouse Communication – 1924 Wireless Telephone Services
Voices Across The Oceans
Cartoons – On The Light Side
Extracts From 1928 Stromberg-Carlson Catalog

Issue No: 83 Date: March 1984 Pages: 14

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Telephone Development Around The World – Part 51 Kingdom Of Norway
Odd Spot
Helpful Hint
The Telephone Story (Part 10 – British Western Electric Co.)

Issue No: 82 Date: February 1984 Pages: 12

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Note
Letters
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Odd Spot
Telephone Development Around The World (Part 50 – Norfolk Island)
The Story Of The Telephone (Part 9 – Thomas Alva Edison)
Anniversaries
The Illustrated London News – Edison’s Loud-speaking Telephone
Article – On Valentine’s Day, The Phones Belong To Lovers
Switchboards

Issue No: 81 Date: January 1984 Pages: 12

Happy New Year
The Next Meeting
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New Members
Letters
Trading Post
America Telephony – One/One/Eighty-four
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 49 - Kingdom Of Norway
The Story Of The Telephone (Part 9 continued – Thomas Alva Edison, His Life And Work
"Peel-Conner" – Magneto Call Telephones

Issue No: 80 Date: November 1983 Pages: 11

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Season’s Greetings
Special Issue
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Letters
Correction
Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Helpful Hint Department - Autosol
Stolen! From Telecom Australia
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 48 - Federal Republic Of Nigeria
Odd Spot
The Telephone Story (Part 9 – Thomas Alva Edison)

Issue No: 79 Date: October 1983 Pages: 12

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Annual Elections
Trading Post
Special Offer – Swedish Ericsson Battery Covers
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 47 - New Zealand
Odd Spot
Let’s Get Technical: Part 3
New Zealand – Latest Telegrams
Telephones Used In New Zealand

Issue No: 78 Date: September 1983 Pages: 12

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Treasurer’s Report
Special Offer (Again) – Swedish Ericsson Battery Covers
Trading Post
Something Old, Something New – Open Frame (Skeleton) Ericsson
Odd Spot
The South Australian Railways Telegraph System
Pictures Of Phones
Standard Telegraph Set – Diagram Of Wiring

Issue No: 77 Date: August 1983 Pages: 10

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Phonographs And Gramophones
Membership
Letters
Last Meeting
Annual General Meeting Elections
Special Offer – Swedish Ericsson Battery Covers
Odd Spot
Trading Post – Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap
Let’s Get Technical: Part 2 - On Magnetic Fields
Public Telephone Exhibition
Extract From 1919 Sterling Catalog – Twencen Telephones

Issue No: 76 Date: July 1983 Pages: 8

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Let’s Get (A Little Bit) Technical: Part 1 - How Telephones Work
Helpful Hint (Removing "Frozen Screws")
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 46 - Kingdom Of The Netherlands
An Unusual Telephone Display
Telephones Used In The Netherlands

Issue No: 75 Date: June 1983 Pages: 12

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Helpful Hint (Wood Grain Effect On Swedish Ericsson Battery Covers)
Odd Spot
The Telephone Story: Part 8 – The Western Electric Company)
Pictures Of Magneto Telephones (1878-90)
Western Electric Company Articles
The Story Of Iron In Your Telephone
Australian Historic Telephone Society – Membership List – June 1983

Issue No: 74 Date: May 1983 Pages: 14

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Trading Post
The Telephone Battery
Odd Spot
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 45 - Republic Of Nicaragua
The Story Of Asphalt In Your Telephone
Pictures Of Telephone Batteries

Issue No: 73 Date: April 1983 Pages: 8

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Odd Spot
Telephone Tokens
Centenary Of Telephone Service In Ballarat, Victoria, 1983
Electric Traction Telephones

Issue No: 72 Date: March 1983 Pages: 12

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Trading Post
Odd Spot
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 44 - New Caledonia
Lightening Arresters
Special Offer (Magazine Article On The Propagation Of Lightening And Thunder)
The Berthon–Ader Telephone

Issue No: 71 Date: February 1983 Pages: 10

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Membership Renewals
Trading Post
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 43 - Monaco
Odd Spot
Specifications
Lightning Arrestor
Central Battery Telephones
Terminals, Terminals – Binding Posts
Attached - The Story Of Mica In Your Telephone

Issue No: 70 Date: January 1983 Pages: 12

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Letters
Membership Renewals
Trading Post: Buy, Sell, Swap
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 42 - Mexico
Odd Spot
Extensions Switches
Magneto Mining Telephones

Issue No: 69 Date: November 1982 Pages: 10

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End Of Year
New Members
Letters
Trading Post: Wanted, Buy, Sell
Helpful Hint (Cleaning Nickel Plated Parts Of Old Telephones)
The Telephone Story: Part 7 - The Telephone Manufacturing Firms
Odd Spot
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 41 - Mauritius
Telephone Advertisements
Attachment - The Story Of Aluminum In Your Telephone

Issue No: 68 Date: October 1982 Pages: 14

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Special Offer (Street Scenes Photographs)
Trading Post
Odd Spot
The Telephone Story: Part 6 – Bell, The Independents
Addendum – Corrigendum – Whatever
Stop Press – For Sale
From the Newspapers
Special Service Telephones - Military

Issue No: 67 Date: September 1982 Pages: 15

A Note From The Editor
New Members
President’s Report
Trading Post – Buy, Sell Swap
Odd Spot (Ringing)
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 40 – Malta
The Telephone Story: Part 5 – More Patent Problems
Next Month
Copies of Early Telephone Advertisements
Statement of Receipts and Expenditure – Year Ended 30^th June, 1982

Issue No: 66 Date: August 1982 Pages: 14

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A Note From The Editor
Membership
New Members
Trading Post – Buy, Sell Swap
Jim’s Book
Odd Spot (Ringing with tunes)
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 39 – Malaysia
The Telephone Story: Part 4 – The Great Patent Battles

Issue No: 65 Date: July 1982 Pages: 16

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Trading Post – Buy, Sell Swap
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 38 – Luxembourg
The Telephone Story: Part 3 – The Building of the Business
How the Telephone Works: Part 1 – The Bell Telephone (Used both as a transmitter and receiver)
Odd Spot 1 (The Writing Telegraph)
Odd Spot 2 (Getting the telephone started in England)
Copies of Early Fliers (including Bells lecture in Lawrence, Mass., May 28 1877 and one describing the first telephone service installed in Australia)

Issue No: 64 Date: June 1982 Pages: 12

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Odd Spot
Buy, Sell, Swap Section
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 37 - Liechtenstein
The Automatic Exchange (70 years since the Geelong Exchange)
The Telephone - A Slow Starter
Another Odd Spot
Bracket Telephones

Issue No: 63 Date: May 1982 Pages: 15

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New Members
Newsletter
Helpful Hint (Removing small dents from woodwork)
Another Ericsson Story
The Telephone Story: Part 2 – The Telephone is Born
Next Month
Special Offer (Drawing for manufacture of Bell’s original telephones)
What Is This Thing We Call Speaking
Buy, Sell Swap
Copies of Bell’s Original Patent for "Improvement in Telegraphy"

Issue No: 62 Date: April 1982 Pages: 12

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Renewals
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Buy, Sell Swap
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 36 – Japan
Odd Spot (Using the telephone alerting mechanism to feed fish)
The Telephone Story: Part 1 – Early Devices
An amazing Ericsson Story
Copies of Extract from a 1919 Sterling Catalogue

Issue No: 61 Date: March 1982 Pages: 12

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Letters
Last Meeting
French Polishing
Buy, Sell and Swap Section
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 35 – Jamaca
Special Offer (Pieces of the 1909 Tasmania cable)
Concluding the Australian Telephone Story – The First East-West Link
Copy of Peel-Conner Intercommunication Telephones Catalogue.

Issue No: 61 Date: March 1982 Pages: 12

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Buy, Sell and Swap Section
The telephone is Australia, and the link to England
Charges for International Telegraph Service – 1872
Extract from Anglo-Australian and China Telegraph statement of the promoters.
Extract from 1912 Peel-Conner Catalogue.

Issue No: 60 Date: February 1982 Pages: 12

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Issue No: 59 Date: January 1982 Pages: 11

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Letters
Corrigendum
Helpful Hint – Woodwork Repairs
Odd Spot (The family telephone companies of rural America)
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 34 – Italy
Extract on "The story of coal in your telephone"
Extract from 1910 Chicago Telephone Supply Co., Elkhart, Indiana, Catalogue.

Issue No: 58 Date: November 1981 Pages: 12

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Special Offer (Photos of early Melbourne street scenes)
Odd Spot for Christmas (Telephone company employee invents Christmas tree lights)
Sell, Buy, Swap Section
Linking the Continents – The Atlantic Cable
Extract from the New York Herald on the Great Atlantic Cable

Issue No: 57 Date: October 1981 Pages: 10

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Letters
Election Results
Sell, Buy, Swap Section
Odd Spot (Experimental "Phone from your truck" service)
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 33 – Ireland
Linking the Continents – The Atlantic Cable
Extract on telegraphs on the great western railway (1845)

Issue No: 56 Date: September 1981 Pages: 15

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Social Night
President’s Report
Calling South Australian Members
The Development of the L.M. Ericsson Company
Wanted, Buy, Sell Section
Attached – serial list of Ericsson phones made in Sweden
Attached – The story of Zinc in your telephone

Issue No: 55 Date: August 1981 Pages: 13

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Membership Cards
Election
Special Offer (Photos of early Melbourne street scenes)
Odd Spot (Woodpecker damage to overhead cable)
Buy, sell, Swap Section
The Development of telephone Cables
Election form
Attached – The story of iron in your telephone

Issue No: 54 Date: July 1981 Pages: 10

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Public Telephones
Odd Spot (Public telephone theft)
Membership
Letters
Jim Bateman’s Book
Notification of Errors in "History of the telephone in NSW"
Wanted, Sell, Trade Section
Attached – The story of Nickel in your telephone
Extracts on Gray phones

Issue No: 53 Date: June 1981 Pages: 14

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Membership – New Members
Social Evening
Wanted, Buy, Sell, Trade
Telephone Switchboards
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 32 – Iran/Iraq
Extracts on Ericsson magneto table and wall switchboards
Membership List

Issue No: 52 Date: May 1981 Pages: 10

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Automatic Wallsets
New Member
Membership Drive
Auction Meeting in July
History of the Telephone in New South Wales Book Now On Sale
Letters
Wanted to Buy, Sell, Trade
Advertisements from Telephone Collector’s Society of Newsletter of NSW
Reference Service (List of source material available)
Attached – The story of paper in your telephone
Attached – 1942 engineering instruction describing APO wood dial wall handset and Australian modified (Ericsson) wallset

Issue No: 51 Date: April 1981 Pages: 10

Next Meeting
Keen Member
New Members
Membership Renewal
Supper
Royal Historical Society of Victoria
Letters
Odd Spot (Chinese telephone directory)
Special Service Offer (reference service for members)
Wanted, Buy, Trade Section
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 31 – India
Extracts on telephones of France
Attached – The story of Antimony in your telephone apparatus
Attached – The story of Tin in your telephone apparatus

Issue No: 50 Date: March 1981 Pages: 7

Next Meeting
Special Offers (reference service)
Other Special Offers (Photographs of telephone advertisements)
Membership
Membership Renewals
Overseas Visitor
Buy, Sell, Swap Section
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 30 – Iceland
Extract from 1910 Chicago Telephone Supply Co., Elkhart, Indiana, Catalogue
Attached – The story of Lead in your telephone

Issue No: 49 Date: February 1981 Pages: 10

Next Meeting
Telephone Receivers
Membership Renewal
New Members
Valentine’s Day
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 29 – Hungary
Attached – On Valentine’s Day, the Phone Belongs to Lovers
Attached – Some early types of receivers
Attached – Lines of development of telephonic inventions

Issue No: 48 Date: January 1981 Pages: 9

Next Meeting
American Wallsets
New Members
Overseas Membership Rate
Odd Spot (Why telephone chords were plaited)
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 28 – Hong Kong
Attached – The story of rubber in your telephone
Attached – Some early American Wallsets

Issue No: 47 Date: November 1980 Pages: 12

Annual Elections
Next Meeting
New Members
Exhibition Photos
Balance Sheet Item
End of Year Message
Buy, Sell, Swap Section
Letter from Ivan Burgess
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 27 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain
Attached – From Slipper Jack to System X

Issue No: 46 Date: October 1980 Pages: 12

1980 Exhibition
Special Offer – Exhibition Photos
Next Meeting
President’s report for 1980
Odd Spot – The first telephone booth
Helpful Hint – Cleaning Copper
Supper at Meetings
The March of Progress – Closing manual telephone exchanges
Buy, Sell and Swap Section
Statement of Accounts for 1980 Centenary Exhibition
Statement of Receipts and Expenditure – year ended 30^th June 1980
AHTS Mailing List
Extract from flyer for J.E. Edwards telephone.
Extract from the Argus August 11 1880 announcing the start of the telephone service in Melbourne

Issue No: 45 Date: September 1980 Pages: 11

Exhibition (Melbourne International Centenary Exhibition)
Next Meeting
Book on the history of telephones in NSW
Wanted to Buy, Sell, Swap Section
Contribution from Georg Ek, Colorado USA
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 26 – The United States of America
AHTS – General Annual Election
Attached AHTD Ballot form

Issue No: 44 Date: August 1980 Pages: 11

The Melbourne Telephone Centenary, August 1880 - 1980
1980 Ehibition
Special Events at the Exhibition
Next Meeting
New Member
Book On The History Of The Telephone In NSW
Buy, Sell, Swap Section

Issue No: 43 Date: July 1980 Pages: 9

Next Meeting
The Ericsson Open Frame (Skeletal) Table Set
Membership
Buy, Sell, Swap Section
Our 1980 Exhibition
Book on the History of the Telephone in NSW
Odd Spot (Ringing telephone opens garage door)
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 25 – Hawaii
Attached – The story of precious metals in your telephone
Attached – Ericsson skeletal flyer
Attached – 1914 PMG Department Ericsson skeletal circuit diagram

Issue No: 42 Date: June 1980 Pages: 6

Next Meeting
Intercom Telephones
Membership
New Member
Our 1980 Exhibition
Buy, Sell, Swap Section
Who Did invent the Telephone?
Helpful Hints (included booklet on Linseed Oil and restoring woodwork)
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 24 – Guatemala
Attached – catalogue pictures of intercom phones of the 1920’s

Issue No: 41 Date: May 1980 Pages: 9

Next Meeting
Phone Dials
New Member
Change of Address
Letters
Buy, Sell, Swap
Our Exhibition - 1980
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 23 – Greece
Attached – The story of silk in your telephone
Attached – 1894 advertisement for The Columbia Telephone

Issue No: 40 Date: April 1980 Pages: 6

Next Meeting
New Members
Change of Address
Membership Renewal
What Is A Telephone Worth?
Buy, Sell, Swap
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 21 – Republic of Ghana
Attached – The story of copper in your telephone

Issue No: 39 Date: March 1980 Pages: 6

***MISSING***

Issue No: 38 Date: February 1980 Pages: 8

Next Meeting
Future Meetings
New Members
Membership Renewal 1980
Letters
New Telephone Poster
Odd Spot (A clinic for ailing poles)
For Sale
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 20 – Germany
Attached – PMG Engineering instructions for prevention of accidents
Attached – Catalogue extract of Peel-Connor central battery telephones
Attached – AHTS Mailing List
Attached – Membership Renewal Form

Issue No: 37 Date: January 1980 Pages: 5

Next Meeting
New Member
Helpful Hint (formula for the restoration of polished wood)
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 19 – France
Special Offer (Working drawings for Bell’s early telephones)
Attached – Advertisements for reproductions of Bell’s original telephones

Issue No: 36 Date: November 1979 Pages: 10

Next Meeting
President’s Report
Results of Annual Election
New Member
Odd Spot (5 cent phone calls ending in Louisiana)
Special Offer (APO transmitter mounting lugs)
Sell, Trade, Wanted
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 20 – Republic of Finland
Attached – Statement of Receipts and Expenditure – Year Ended 30^th June, 1979
Attached – Edison inventions a chronological listing
Attached – Manhattan Electrical Supply Company catalogue

Issue No: 35 Date: October 1979 Pages: 8

Next Meeting
New Members
Letters
Odd Spot (The importance of telephones to Americans)
For Sale, Trade, Wanted
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 19 – Fiji
Attached – Articles of association for Melbourne’s first telephone company, 1880
Attached – Early receivers

Issue No: 34 Date: September 1979 Pages: 10

Next Meeting
New Members
Helpful Hint (use of toothbrushes to restore phones)
Buy, Sell, Trade Section
Odd Spot (Mystery paperweight)
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 18 – Ethiopia
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 17 – Falkland Islands
Attached – Article on the Gottschalk Transmitter
Attached – Early receivers

Issue No: 33 Date: August 1979 Pages: 6

Next Meeting
Film Show
New Member
Photo Enlargements
Telephony In The Early Days – Some Oddities
Odd Spot (Etelephony poem)
Helpful Hint (formula for cleaning nickel plate)
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 16 – Dominican Republic
Wanted to Sell, Buy, Trade
Attached – Cover of Scientific American November 24 1894

Issue No: 32 Date: July 1979 Pages: 5

Next Meeting
Telephone Drawings Handout
Exhibitions
New Member
Telephony IN The Early Days – The Patent Battles
Unusual fault
Telephone Development Around the World: Part 15 – Denmark
Attached – Advertisement for the Hunning’s Cone" transmitter

Issue No: 31 Date: August 1978 Pages: 3

Next Meeting
Telephone Drawings Handout
Membership Renewals
Secretary’s Position
Exhibitions, Etc.
The Soden’s Trip To U.S.A.
Telephone Development Around The World – Cyprus
Books – "The Telephone Book" Order Details
Attached - The Strowger Automatic Director

Issue No: 30 Date: May 1979 Pages: 7

Next Meeting
Telephone Drawing Handouts
Overseas Trip
Odd Spot
Telephones In Countries Around The World: Part 14 - Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Attached - The Saga Of The Telephone Girl

Issue No: 29 Date: April 1979 Pages: 7

Last Meeting
Next Meeting
New Members
Telephone Drawing Handouts
Another Free Handout
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 13 - Costa Rica
Telephone Tokens
Alexander Graham Bell – Inventor And Visionary
Development Of LME’s Handsets (1884-1921)

Issue No: 28 Date: February 1979 Pages: 9

Last Meeting
Next Meeting
Membership Renewals
Our Photos
Odd Spot
Our Next Exhibition
Sell/Buy/Swap Section
Early Microphones
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 12 - China
Attached - Pictures Of Carbon Transmitters
Attached - Pictures Of Telephones And Fittings
Attached - Pictures Of Portable Telephones

Issue No: 27 Date: January 1979 Pages: 10

Auction Meeting
Constitution
Next Meeting
Auctions
Odd Spot
Sale, Swap, Buy Section
"The Glass Battery"
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 11 - Channel Islands
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 10 - Guernsey
Telephone Development Around The World: Part 9 - Jersey
"Hello, Central" – Article on "A Hilarious Reminiscence Of The Finer Uses Of The Telephone In The Old Days

Issue No: 26 Date: November 1978 Pages: 8

Last Meeting
Constitution
Auctions
Next Meeting
Auction Item
Letters
Odd Spot
Telephones In Countries Around The World: Part 8 - Canada
Sale, Buy, Swap
Xmas Message

Issue No: 25 Date: October 1978 Pages: 6

Annual General Meeting
Constitution
Next Meeting
New Member
Membership Applications
Photo Enlargements
Letters
Odd Spot
For Sale
Telephone Development In Countries Around The World: Part 7 - Burma
Voices From The Past
Supply Of Telephones – Specifications
Lightning Arrestor

Issue No: 24 Date: September 1978 Pages: 5

Last Meeting
Next Meeting
Proposed Change To Constitution
President’s Report
New Members
Social Notes
Items Of Interest – The Telephone
French Polishing

Issue No: 23 Date: August 1978 Pages: 3

Last Meeting
Membership
Next Meeting
Coming Events
Annual Elections
Special Offer – Photos
Odd Spot
Handset Telephone
Telephoned The Dog
Telephones In Countries Around The World: Part 5 – Kingdom Of Bhutan

Issue No: 22 Date: July 1978 Pages: 4

Last Meeting
Next Meeting
Membership
Coming Events For Future Meetings – French Polishing Demonstration, Films Relating To Telephony
For Sale
Telephones In Countries Around The World: Part 4 – Bermuda
The Origin Of The Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company
Attached - Membership List

Issue No: 21 Date: June 1978 Pages: 3

Next Meeting
Membership
The Origin Of The Glass Mouthpiece On The U.S.A.
Telephone’s In Countries Around The World: Part 3 – Kingdom Of Belgium
For Sale

Issue No: 20 Date: May 1978 Pages: 5

Next Meeting
Membership
For Sale
Telephones In Countries Around The World: Part 2 – The Bahamas
The Development Of The Telephone Service In U.S.A.

Issue No: 19 Date: April 1978 Pages: 4

Last Meeting
Next Meeting
Membership Renewal
New Member
Letters
Telephones In Countries Around The World: Part 1 – Austria
"L.M. Ericsson 100 Years" Order Detail To Buy The Book

Issue No: 18 Date: March 1978 Pages: 4

Exhibition – Nostalgia Exhibition
Next Meeting
Bar-B-Q
Treasurer’s Report
Membership
History Of The Ericsson Company Names
Series-Bridging Ringing
For Sale, Trade, Wanted

Issue No: 17 Date: February 1978 Pages: 5

Last Meeting
Exhibition
New Member
The Commencement Of A New Hobby – Written By New Member
Membership Renewal
The N.S.W. Collectors Society
The Origin And Use Of The First Telephone Numbers
The Dial
Back To Digits, Seven In All
Membership Renewal Form

Issue No: 16 Date: January 1978 Pages: 5

Next Meeting
Colour Photos Of 1976 Exhibition
New Member
Useful Hint – Economical Process Gives Professional Finish
The First Push-Button Dial
Early Battery Signaling System
The Ericsson Story
For Sale
The Hunning’s Cone Transmitter
Attached - Angry Dogs Bark – Advertisement For Williams Electric Company

Issue No: 15 Date: November 1977 Pages: 4

Last Meeting
Sydney Society
Letters
For Sale, Trade, Wanted
Technology In The Early Days Of Telephony

Issue No: 14 Date: October 1977 Pages: 4

Election Results
Future Event – Nostalgia Exhibition
Phone Company Predicts Bright Future For New Telephone – Drop A Nickel In The Slot
How To Make A Call
Push-Button Telephone Work Without Operators
For Sale

Issue No: 13 Date: September 1977 Pages: 5

Last Meeting
Election Meeting
New Members
Change Of Address
Letters
Telephone Display At A Hobbies Exhibition
The Introduction Of Telephones Into South Australia: Part 2
Wanted To Buy, Sell, Swap

Issue No: 12 Date: August 1977 Pages: 4

Last Meeting
Annual Meeting
Letters
Restoring Old Telephones: Part 4 – Nickel Plating
The Introduction Of Telephone Into South Australia: Part 1
Voices On The Wire

Issue No: 11 Date: July 1977 Pages: 5

Last Meeting
Treasurer’s Report
Membership – Reached 45 Members
Elections
Exhibition
Auction
New South Wales Collectors
Letters
Next Meeting
The Murfett Collection – The Story Of Murray Murfett’s Collection Of Telephones
For The Experimenter - Circuits And Information On Making A 10 Line Private Automatic Exchange And For Making A "Photophone."
Restoring Old Telephones: Part 3 – Rejuvenating Bakelite/Vulcanite and Telephone Cords
A.H.T.S. Annual Election 1977 Voting Form

Issue No: 10 Date: January 1977 Pages: 3

Last Meeting
Membership
Letters
Our Book
Next Meeting And Auction
For Sale
Restoring Old Telephones: Part 2 – French Polishing Woodwork
Alexander Graham Bell’s Other Inventions
Arrangement Of The Photophone
List Of Members Names And Addresses

Issue No: 9 Date: May 1977 Pages: 5

The Last Meeting
The Next Meeting
Membership
New Members
Membership Certificates
Invitation
Events – Phonograph Club
Telephone Artifacts
Helpful Hint(Restoring Old Telephones): Part 1 – Dismantling Telephones
Wanted To Buy, Sell, Trade
The L.M. Ericsson Story: Part 6 – Ericsson The Man
From Frank Soden (President) – Collecting Telephones

Issue No: 8 Date: April 1977 Pages: 6

Last Meeting
Treasurer’s Report
Next Meeting
Membership Renewals
New Members
Visit
Notes From Sydney
Coming Events – Weekend Exhibition
Auction
The L.M. Ericsson Story: Part 5 – The Years Of Retirement
Attached - Article On The History Of Bell’s Invention
Attached - Pictures Of Telephones (1886 – 1973)

Issue No: 7 Date: March 1977 Pages: 5

Last Meeting
Membership Renewal
Letters
Restoring Telephones
Identifying The Year Of Manufacture Of Your Ericsson Phones
The L.M. Ericsson Story: Part 4 – Building An Industry
Restoring Wood Surfaces
For Sale – 1910 Leich Manual Candlestick

Issue No: 6 Date: February 1977 Pages: 4

Last Meeting
Secretary’s Position
Sydney Meeting
Membership Renewal
Next Meeting
Visitors From U.S.A.
Publicity
New Members
The L.M. Ericsson Story: Part 3 – A Company Is Born
Buy, Sell, Trade, Wanted

Issue No: 5 Date: January 1977 Pages: 3

Last Meeting (increase to 9 Members)
Secretary’s Position
Membership Fees, Renewals
Meeting Venue
Next Meeting
Membership – A New Member From U.S.A
Changes Of Address
New Members
The L.M. Ericsson Story: Part 2 – Training Abroad
Restoring Wood Surfaces
Buy, Sell, Trade, Wanted

Issue No: 4 Date: November 1976 Pages: 4

Last Meeting
Secretary Position
Membership Certificates
Membership Renewal
Next Meeting
Helpful Hint – Serial Numbers Of Telephones
Who Invented The Telephone: Part 3 – Antonio Meucci
The Story Of L.M. Ericsson: Part 1 – The Early Years
Sell, Buy, Trade, Wanted

Issue No: 3 Date: October 1976 Pages: 5

Change Of Address
Correspondence
Next Meeting
Letter From A Member
Restoring Old Wood Sets
"Telephone, The First 100 Years" by John Brooks – Ordering Details
Addresses of American Dealers In Phones, Parts, Etc.
Who Invented The Telephone: Part 2 – Philip Reis
Useful Reference Books In State Library, Swanston Street, Melbourne
For Sale
Rules For Subscribers Of The Telephone Exchange

Issue No: 2 Date: September 1976 Pages: 4

Last Months Meeting
Next Meeting
Membership
Items Wanted For Swap, Sale, etc.
Helpful Hint (restoring Swedish Commonwealth Ericsson battery panel)
Telephones in Various Countries – 1909
Photographs of the Centenary Exhibition
Who Invented the Telephone: Part 1

Issue No: 1 Date: August 1976 Pages: 4

Introduction
Membership
Our Book
Helpful Hint (removing grime from nickel plating)
Photographs of the Centenary Exhibition
The Telegraph
The Way We Were
Membership List

Special thanks to the following people for the tedious task of transcribing issues 1 through to 215:

Reshmi Balgovind
Monica Balgovind
Ajeet Parhar

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