When the telephone exchange was first opened in Wellington, stated 1 Mr E. A. Shrimpton (chief telegraph engineer), speaking at a meeting of .the Chamber of Commerce, there were only 20 subscribers. Each of them had to pay £2O a year, andl could l only speak to the 19 others ; but to-day each Wellington subscriber could l , speak to BCOO others. That didl not look as if the proposed chargee—£9 for residences andl £lB for business connections —were excessive.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16042, 1 February 1923, Page 10
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