MILLIONTH TELEPHONE
(N.I. Pr«M AMoetstioa) WELLINGTON, Dec. 21. New Zealand’s millionth telephone was Installed today in the outer Wellington suburb of Newlands, at the home of Mr and Mrs A. G. Bentley. The Postmaster - General (Mr Scott), the Director-Gen-eral of the Post Office, Mr J. B. Darnell, and the department’s engineer-in-chief, Mr C. W. Heyward, watched the instrument's trial at Mr Bentley’s home. Mr Scott handed the couple an Inscribed silver tray as a memento of the ceremony.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30940, 22 December 1965, Page 20
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78MILLIONTH TELEPHONE Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30940, 22 December 1965, Page 20
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