BREAK IN CABLE.
COOK STRAIT LINK.
TELEPHONE SERVICE.
TOLL CIRCUITS REDUCED.
l>l. LAYS IN CALLS LIKELY
'!•• Tr.|i<-.rni |>l> (Mvn WK.I.I.iNiiION', this flay, I In' I'o-'unistcr (ieuensl. tin; Hon. V. ■ '"'!'■-. inkiai-1 in day Unit a four-core '■'''■■•- I "'' "i tin' comnunication system !■ ' '•■■ I" "i" North iiiid Smith Islands mi"-- t nus Strait, has broken at a I ' estimated to l>o midway in Cook V>- •'"" , s added Hint the Department " '- "i '"iiiiiiiniiatimi with Cable and u>s . • J .--. -. Limited, with ii view to obtaini,l - > hi' --si ices of a cable repair vessel. Ii i~ lil.ciy, liiiwt-M-r, that some months u .11 i lii|iT before -,i vi'fM'l ran be made tM.iii.ililc and rt'juii rrf ell'ected. In tin- meantime the complement of telegraphic channels between the two i-l.imW is not allVrti.l. but. the number if toll eii-cuits for inter ■island telephone. communication has been reduced from ten to si\. As a result it is probable [hut requests f,, r inter-island telephone communication will be subject to ileitis'.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 11
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161BREAK IN CABLE. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 11
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