RECORD MAINTAINED
USE OF TELEGRAPH SYSTEM NEARLY SIX MILLION MESSAGES “ For many years international telegraph statistics have placed New Zealand at the head of the list as the greatest user of the telegraph in proportion to population,” said the Postmaster-general (Mr F. Jones) in an interview last_ night. “ This position was well maintained during the year ended March 31 last, when the telegraph section of the Post Office handled 5,712,087 messages, showing an advance over the previous year of 250,450, or just over 4 per cent. “ Included in these figures,” added Mr Jones, “ are overseas messages, the ordinary cables totalling 660,350 radio telegrams to and from the Pacific Islands 10,925, and the growing ship-to-shore radio traffic, 20,271 messages to and 10,816 messages from New Zealand radio stations.
“ It is not generally known,” he said. “ that the Awarua radio station keeps in touch with liners on the route between the Dominion and the United Kingdom throughout their voyages.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23811, 18 May 1939, Page 12
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