AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES.
INSTALLATION IN WELLINGTON.
What is known as the automatic "cut" took place in portion of the telephone system of Wellington at midnight on Saturday. Over 2200 telephone lines were transferred from the central exchange to the new automatic exchanges situated at Courtenay Place and Newtown. This marks the commencement of a new era in telephone operation in the city. an inauguration of the. automatic system on a scheme intended to cover the whole of the city and suburbs. Provision is made for all possible expansion in the new installation to meet; the requirements of a population several times greater than that of Wellington to-day. It has not been found practicable, owing to the shortage of essential material entailed by the war. and its aftermath, to make a complete, sweep of the old manual s'.stem Old switchboards have had to be impressed into service, and new subscribers have been using the telephone under Somewhat difficult conditions. The. older apparatus will be superseded when the new automatic exchange's are opened, and what is know, as the, auxiliary automatic on the Strowger principle will also pass awav with the new era.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17295, 20 October 1919, Page 9
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190AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17295, 20 October 1919, Page 9
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