RUSH AT THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
In some respects the rush at the telephone exchange this morning was heavier and more telling on the operators than it had been on previous rush days, for in the absence of the arranged official signal of gun shots from the forts, the public, hardly daring to believe that peace had been won at last, endeavoured to get confimation of the news from friends, newspaper offices, and Government officials. The result was that at about 8.30 a.m. the shutters at the exchange boards commenced to dTop at a rate which made it impossible for the girls to cope with the calls. Again, the past fortnight has been particularly heavy, and many of the operators have worked overtime during the past week, and several volunteered for further overtime this morning. The rush slackened off a little about 10 o'clock, only to increase again half an hour later and to continue very heavy all through the morning. Several girls were again unable to stand the strain, but pluckily returned to the boards when somewhat recovered. The automatic' section of the exchange was kept in rush action throughout the morning, but fortunately this section entails no great rush of work on the part of the mechanicians.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 113, 8 November 1918, Page 6
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