 | 1852 - 1238 oldal
...Kong ! " Then comes a blue box — " Calcutta '. Buff— "Madras!" No paint— "Aden!" AVhite — " Bombay ! " Black (like coffins for dead letters) —...their charge. They are called •' Admiralty Agents." Presently— it is "post meridian half-past one " — amidst, the tearing, bustle, and frantic confusion,... | |
 | William Henry WILLS (Miscellaneous Writer.) - 1860 - 456 oldal
...Then comes a blue box—" Calcutta!" Buff—" Madras!" No paint—" Aden !" White—" Bombay!" Black (coffins for dead letters ?)—" Ceylon!" At each...form. The mails are, in fact, given into their charge. These gentlemen are called " Admiralty Agents." Presently (it is " post meridian, half-past one") amidst... | |
 | William Henry Wills - 1860 - 444 oldal
...Then comes a blue box— "Calcutta!" Buff—" Madras !" No paint— "Aden!" White— " Bombay !" Black (coffins for dead letters ?) — " Ceylon !" At each...gentlemen under them to record each colour in its- proper1 column on the printed form. The mails are, in fact, given into their charge. These gentlemen... | |
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Black (like coffins for dead letters) — " Ceylon ! " At each of the one hundred and ninety announcements thus made, the cocked hats nod gracefully ; not so much out of respect to Her Majesty's mail-boxes, as to enable the gentlemen, under them to record... 