NEW TELEPHONES.
The complaint from a correspondent about the delay in telephone installation makes us wonder whether the Department is doing all that is possible to supply this need. It is an old complaint that would-be subscribers have had to wait months, and even years, for connection. When the Department's business, like everything else, was affected by the war's interference with supplies, reasonable people did not wish to be hard on the Department. Then came the complication of changing over from, manual to automatic, a job that the Department did efficiently. The Department, however, can no longer plead either of these factors as a reason for delaying new connections. The demand for telephones is increasing all the time; what used to he considered by many as a luxury is now regarded as a necessity. A Department that is really alive jvill not be content with even so striking a development as New Zealand shows. It will in every way try to attract new subscribers anil give them the service as soon as possible. The Government claims that there is a new spirit of enterprise in its services. Is the Telephone Department doing its best to extend its business?
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 187, 10 August 1925, Page 6
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198NEW TELEPHONES. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 187, 10 August 1925, Page 6
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