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YET IN. CLOSE TOUCH
AUCKLAND TO INVERCARGILL
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONES. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, Dee. 17. Mr. Shrimpton, duet telegraph engineer, announces that an order has been placed for a new cable to be laid between the North and South Islands so as to give proper telephonic communication. It will be over a year before the work is- completed, but the system adopted will permit of people in Invercargill to, be heard clearly by people in Auckland. The Tutanekai will be equipped for the purpose of laying a cable, which will land on the beach at Seddon, Marlborough.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 December 1924, Page 5
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101FAR APART Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 December 1924, Page 5
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