Suva “Lightning Jerkers” of 47 Years Ago
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The first Suva staff of the Pacific Cable Board, photographed in Suva in 1903. The names, from left to right, are: — Back row—Messrs. Salisbury, Bartlett, Wager, Walker, Atherton, Price, Earl.
Middle —Messrs, Phippard, Blackley, Parish, Milward, Nichols, Massie-Taylor.
Front —Suva’s own entry. Messrs.
George March, Harold Thurston, Jack Gardiner.
Mr. C. Wager, of Sydney, who supplied the photograph, says that he thinks that many of the older men in the group have died in the intervening 47 years. The three Suva lads, in the front row, joined the staff to be trained as telegraphists.