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Grey River Argus, 19 February 1949, Page 2

| Fl (ipkw? JO put in a new ’phone takes far more than the instrument. It needs more exchange ■nd ““ . A equipment, more wire and more cable. is ec l ui P ment ls scarce all over the world. The Post Office sent engineers to Britain as long ago as 1945 to place orders for new equipment. Contracts for £3,000,000 worth of telephone apparatus lhave been let, but some countries s are in a much worse position, with entire telephone systems destroyed, British factories are struggling to meet these needs. Rates of delivery are slow. EQUIPMENT TO MEET THE TELEPHONE DEMAND IS ON ORDER. AS QUICKLY AS IT COMES TO HAND IT WILL BE PLACED IN SERVICE. ISSUED BY THE POST OFFICE