The transmission of telegrams in Hebrew within Palestine is entirely by telephone, with no Morse alphabet used, the postmaster general of Great Britain disclosed today.
The postmaster general had asked the Palestine government for a copy of the Morse alphabet in Hebrew and was informed there would be none. The new service started January 1.
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