Interruptions of the telephone system are due to many causes, but one of the queerest has been discovered lately in business premises in Christchurch (states the Press). The telephone authorities attribute the interruption ■of the service in the particular premises to the fact that insufficient food ■was left about for some animal of the rodent family. They produced to a reporter the other day a. portion of the iviring which had beer) uncovered by some sharp-toothed animal, and drew attention to the marks made by its teeth on the wire.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 November 1924, Page 7
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90Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 November 1924, Page 7
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