THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.

;- ; c - .- I ,r[to;taE KDITOB.I 'rSir,'-s«nv wondering whether your -store "of p.i.Lience ever becomes exhausted whan it if> necessary,for you Id usf. yi>uv telephone. The j Blenheim cxcl'itnge i> surely the worst in tlla world. Instead of being a convenience, U' lephone is quite i-he j-oj^)csiie. J. .; ji'.iite a. .common occur.rcgiee to >lu\. ;-.,Mrythmg from one to Ifwe nrin-uies i^o get the exchange. I | -;lia.ve conii tldined, but the:exchange is] -i*aid to i)e" flbsolete^.and I' belieye this j •<-.cxcasc is'rused io.theMull. If.-it 'is in '■ 3Ssni •taal>-?vJ»an Avanis j to to I *gbs, "pis .^ulckssfe -an,d least-^aniuiying I -v.'.aj is to u'jflk. 'Shis .morning.l rang for 10 mmulos and got no reply," so~T walke.d ' Co' t«se the party 1 'Wished to. bpeali: Lo. lam going to discontmaa my - telephone after the 31st ' . ?>enenLbei-, until _the now system is in ti.su Lero. « Tho telophdhe exchangi"jn'obably is out of date, but I am con-^ voiced that that is not tho.only fault.. fn case of foi urgent call for anythii:^ Uifi telephone communication is about _ the. slowest mo-in.-. you could adopt m Dlanheiin. ' ' I

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