Fire Breaks Phone Links
(N.Z Press Association) AUCKLAND, Dec. 3. A fire in the Mount Eden telephone exchange put 600 telephones out of action early on Saturday night, including the inquiry numbers of Green Lane and Mater Misericordiae hospitals. The fire broke out about 7.30 p.m. A Post Office engineer said that by this morning all the 600 subscribers could make calls, but could not receive them.
Operators were intercepting calls to the hospitals and giving alternative numbers. It was hoped that all the lines would be open by 8 a.m. tomorrow.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31543, 4 December 1967, Page 24
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