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William Stafford Furby (born 1849) experimented with telephony back in 1878, just two years after its invention.
The following information was supplied by Brian Cameron who has an interest in the history of telephony:
A telephone conversation took place between Blenheim and Nelson on April 5th, 1878, when Willian Stafford Furby who had manufactured a pair of telephones, spoke from his private residence in Blenheim, to a telegraph operator at the Nelson Telegraph Office, over the Blenheim No 1 wire. See the attached photo of the Furby telephone used in that conversation. Brian Cameron came by the photo many years ago from the Post Office Museum, which may have also passed into history