RING OF PHONES

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 384, 16 March 1937, Page 6

RING OF PHONES

REPORTING ACCIDENTS System in London. Press Association—Copyright. Auckland, March 15. The system of having a ring of telephones in Londe n for the, reporting of accidents was one of the, features of toe work oi the St. John Ambulance Association, which impressed the Rev. G. E. Moreton, chaplain o! the Auckland Prison, during a visit to Great Britain. When he returned to Auckland by the. Awatea, Mr Moretpn s»aid that right round. London there was a systerm of telephone boots for the use of policemen or for the purpose of communicating with ambulance stfj dons. Two booths had been buhl alongside each other in a great ring at strategic points. One of the booths communicated directly with the nearest police station or vUlth Scotland Yard.,, >and the other was connected with an ambulance station, so that no time wias lost in reporting accidents or crime. The system Contributed very largely to the tremendous efficiency of the police and ambulance control.