Another pressing issue with the reporting of the crimes of Ben Hall and crime in general in the 1860's, was the tyranny of distance and the method of communication, often by the long arduous trek of the mail coach or by the newest method, still in its infancy in Australia and in the process of being rolled out, the 'Telegraph line' or more succinctly the use of 'Morse Code' to relay information between country town and city.The first telegraph line in NSW was constructed only between Sydney and Liverpool a distance of 20 miles. This line opened on 30 December 1857 by 1858 the Liverpool line was extended to Albury on the NSW/Victorian border a distance of over 300 miles, but more importantly it weaved through the Southern and Western police
