LONG-DISTANCE CALLS.
improved facilities for
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The Post and Telegraph. Department expects to speed up the toll service at a comparatively small capital cost by the insta 'lation of direct, dialling for long distance calls. Until recently it had not been considered practicable .for the distant toll operator to cllo the dialling, but .the’ department’s engineers have lately developed methods which enable the operator in the distant town to cai'.k automatic subscribers without tlie assistance of the local operator. Already dials have beep installed at many of the. larepr and sonic of the smaller exchanges having toll lines connecting direct with automatic e-x----cliangm The longest distance over which the direct dialling i? at present carried nut i.s from Gish erne to TVaner. almost. 110 miles. The results achieved have been m satisfactory that the Department proposes: to extend, the facilities at an oa.rTv date wherever possible. , , The exchange .staff is already prepaiing for the installation at Hawera.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 28 July 1928, Page 4
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157LONG-DISTANCE CALLS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 28 July 1928, Page 4
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