Direct Dialling To U.S.
<N Z Press Association)
WELLINGTON, May 31
New Zealanders will be able soon to talk with friends in the United States using a direct-dialling telephone system
Announcing this today, the Post Office said the service will be introduced m December this year when the United States communication network will be linked into the newly-completed Compac cable joining Australia, New Zeeland, Fiji. Canada and Britain-
Work on the Compac cable project is proceeding according to schedule and the cable ships. Mercury and Retriever, are at present laying the final section between Suva and Vancouver.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30146, 1 June 1963, Page 12
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