TIME BY TELEPHONE
REQUESTS IN SYDNEY FOUR THOUSAND DAILY f; The deputy-director of Posts and Tel«-_ ' graphs in Sydney said lately that 4000 re-, quests for correct time were, handled daily, . by tho main telephone exchange. A unit - fee was imposed for each request, the call number being 8074. ■Recent observations by departmental officers showed that a lacge number of callers from public telephones endeavoured ' to obtain the time without payment of this appropriate fee. This involved unnecessary; work on the part of the exchange staff, and tho department made it clear that, in, all cases where the time ■ was required, public telephone callers should deposit two ■ pennies in the coin 6lot immediately the r telephonist answers with the words, Are you wanting the time?" , _ The telephonist would not furnish tne , information until she. received a reply from the caller in the affirmative, ano this reply could not be heard by the telephonist unless the two pennies were deposited. The greater number of irregular requests for the time occurred just after children were released from school each day, ana round about 8 p.m.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21248, 30 July 1932, Page 7
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183TIME BY TELEPHONE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21248, 30 July 1932, Page 7
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