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TRUNK CALLS DUNEDIN TO INVERCARGILL NEW CIRCUIT BEING INSTALLED (Special to the Times.) Dunedin, March 29. The delay now being experienced in obtaining telephone communication with Invercargill from Dunedin will be very considerably reduced in about three months time. The District Telegraph Engineer stated yesterday that owing to the congestion of the Dunedin—lnvercargill circuit authority was given to erect an additional pair of wires to those already being used in conjunction with the reconstruction of the Main South line. The work had been completed on that section of the line between Dunedin and Clinton and the section between Clinton and Mataura is now being reconstructed and the erection of the additional wires is proceeding. “When this work is completed in about three months time two additional telephone circuits will Be available to carry the traffic between Dunedin and Invercargill,” Mr Macey stated. “This will have the effect of very considerably reducing the delays at present experienced in obtaining telephone communication with Southland.
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Southland Times, Issue 19831, 30 March 1926, Page 8
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164BETTER SERVICE Southland Times, Issue 19831, 30 March 1926, Page 8
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