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Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1931, Page 6

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GREAT BRITAIN ROUND THE TWO MILLION MARK. LONDON, .January 28. At Flic beginning of' the year there were 1,058,000 telephones in use in the Post, Office telephone service, in addition for the year IO.’K) of about 110,600 instruments, in spite ol the unusual trade depression. This total, with the addition of an estimate of 09,000 for the Hull, Guernsey ami Jersey systems and for til • railway and oilier private telephones admitted to service facilities, brings the total number of tele-phones-in ’Great Britain and Northern Ireland to a figure iust short of two millions —1,997.000. The present month will certainly see the two million mark passed ; indeed, it is possible that the complete detailed returns may show that it has already been exceeded. The number of telephone exchanges in Great Britain and Northern Ireland increased during 1930 by 230,■ to a I total of -1836. and the number of call stations of 3900. to a total of 33,800. Thirty-one automatic exchanges, serving 22,2/0 subscribers, were opened during the year. Of these, seven, serving app.roxima.tely 10,300 subscribers, wen* London exchanges, bringing tit/* total ol niitonnffie exchanges in London to thirty, serving approximately 96.000 subscribers ;