“A year or two ago it- was thought that £250,000 a year was a big order in telephone and telephone extension,’ said the Hon J. G. Coates at Kketahunn. ‘ln 1921 we spent over £500,000, and this year just on £600,000- We have got into the habit of spending a great deal.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16737, 19 May 1922, Page 3
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