TELEPHONE SERVICE
EXTENDED HOURS. IPer Press Associatiov. — Covyrlght. i WELLINGTON, This Day. Following the recent reductions in toll rates, a further improvement in telephone conditions in counti’y districts was announced today by the Postmaster-General (the Hon. Adam Hamilton). At the telephone exchanges in 108 of the smaller towns of the Dominion the attendance at present observed on Sundays and holidays is limited in most cases to one hour in the morning and one in the evening. It is felt by the Minister and his department that in these growing towns a much longer service is necessary, and accordingly it is being arranged for those exchanges at which the number of subscribers is in excess of 100 to be kept open on Sundays and holidays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The extended attendance is to come into operation on Sunday next. It will affect the telephone exchanges in such places as Hclensville. Huntly. Katikati. Manaia, Ohakune. Otaki, Ficlcu. Rakaia. Port Chalmers, Riversdalo and Riverton. The observance of an attendance of 12 hours on Sundays and holidays at such places will, the Minister hopes, greatly increase the benefit obtainable by settlers from telephone exchange service, not only i for ordinary intercommunication ho | tween subscribers but also for 101 l communication purposes.
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Northern Advocate, 2 July 1935, Page 11
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210TELEPHONE SERVICE Northern Advocate, 2 July 1935, Page 11
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