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"Tim"!" »nd Sninfy "San" Servicei. A TELEPHONE METE.R. LONDON", June. 1. The telephone authorities lire fixing meters in subscribers' offices, to enable subscribers to chuck the, number of wills made and abolish the disputes constantly artMiii£. RAILWAY HYsHRMS COMPARED. Tho National Union of Railwayman sent a special commission of three officials to examine methods and condition* <m tho Stole railways in Holland. Belgium and Germany. The Commission reported thnt English railways had not much to learn from the Continental system. In Germany the permanent way and signalling arrangements were had, the p;iy iras inferior and hours of service longer. Red tape precluded the prompt hearing of grievances.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11093, 2 June 1914, Page 6
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