LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONY.
INAUGURATION OF IMPROVEMENTS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Sept. 5. The recent improvements in long distance. telephone service were inaugurated to-dav by a gathering in the exchange, at Which the .Hon. J. B. Donald, Postmaster-General, presided. He delivered! a. short, address on the lines already telegraphed, and gave some technical details of the methods, adopted. The Mayors of Wellington am! Auckland and the Deputy-Mayor of Christchurch, and the Mayor of Dunedin followed and after them the presidents of the Chambers of Commerce at Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and the vice-president, at Auckland each spoke briefly. Some amusement caused by the Deputy-Mayor of Christchurch in reference to the woeful condition of his district in telephone facilities. from it was now to be released. All the speakers were heard very distinctly, except the Mayor of Dunedin, who was rather faint at first, but. improved before he finished. The other Dunedin speaker was heard very clearly.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 5 September 1929, Page 9
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154LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONY. Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 5 September 1929, Page 9
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