AMERICA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 2 August 1918, Page 8

AMERICA.

CONTROL OF TELEPHONES AND TELEGRAPHS.

ASSUMED BY THE GOVERNMENT

BY CAELE-PEESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT. (Received Aug. 2, 8.55 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. The Government has assumed control of telephones and telegraphs as a war measure. They are to be controlled by |the Postal Department. Approximately 22,000,000 miles of telephone wires and 2,800,000 miles of telegraphs are affected—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.