TRANS-TASMAN TELEPHONE
TX 'OPERATION NEXT MONTH
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) NAPIER, July 2(8:--
An assurance that it iwould be possible 4‘or New Zealanders to talk to Australia by telephone before the end of August was given by the Post-master-general ('Hon. J. B. Donald') in opening the new Napier post office this morning. The rates 1 1 ad not yet been decided on, said Mr. Donald, but preparations were well in lvand for the institutioni of the lrans-Tasmani telephone service. Mr. Donald! 'was presented- with a gold key as a souvenir of the occasion bv the Ma'yqr (Mr. I. Vigor Bi-olwn).
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 29 July 1930, Page 5
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99TRANS-TASMAN TELEPHONE Hawera Star, Volume L, 29 July 1930, Page 5
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