TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 167, 17 July 1922, Page 5

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.

RELIEF FOR CONGESTION. THE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM. 'Work in connection with the uliiuuji* over t» the autoniatii- py#teni in connection with the telepTume (•β-hanfts i-s being pushed ahead with all speed. .No definite date Jiats y<l been announced Jot the completion of the s«-lieiue. although a repoTier was ilcliniLoly .insured this niorniiiir that it I'oukl not |H>=?ib]y take place ifcltis year. The worfc. however, was well in hand, and everything possible wii.- being done tn ii on. Considerable relief will be afforded j next month wiien t)he existing plant at Afouni Eden will be extended by ;i cutin, wlik-li chat •'foo additional #übs>/ribers will tie dealt with in future ib.v this plaut. U"hfes innovation, whu-h icxpecK'd to bo ready for rfrviw about Aiiffiffit 1. will rru-vr [>rc■N»'iit congested condition?. Tile telephone hours at Takaputia have. Imh'ii extended from S a.m. until , niidoijjiii. The new tiuildinjf in t'niti : .■itiburt), which will form part of the : automacic s.;heme. i= almost completed, i hut trill uul be need for This purpose ; until the jrcneral scheme is in rca-tries?. ] The installation process a.l Welleiley j Street post office is proceeding. Welle-s- j ley Street will be the central office of J the multi-office area. The other ex- i clia-ngee Eemoera. Ponsonby, and Mount 1 lvden, will be inter-connected I>y trunKs. \ Devonport. TaVupuna and Onehianjra '■ will be connected later. There still appears to I>p a considerable number of applicants for telephone ' e.mneetfon*. and the position -Ikiwv Irtrir etamji', i