TELEPHONES AFFECTED
.In about 140 telephones were affected by;the earthquake, owing to wires* becoimng entangled and shortcircuited..- .Ilepairs in most;cases had beien effectedV by ..today. Officials, are of opinion that Wellington escaped lightly; in ithis -respect. . -In other-areas, jthere*.was dislocation I of- cotrimunications to; varying degrees. In-and-around Masterton many lines were ■, put' out; of action, and. circuits both '. nPrth and, south., of - Levin were affected.; There; was interference with the main jline to Danrievirke, and; iri the ■ Wajtiganui * district; -there were; minor faUlts.-; • :'•■. } .',
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 29, 3 August 1942, Page 6
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83TELEPHONES AFFECTED Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 29, 3 August 1942, Page 6
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