TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.
— READY FOR CHRISTMAS RUSH. Anticipating a heavy rush of Christmas and New Your messages, the Telegraph Department lias decided to instal an additional multiplex set in the new Hereford Street buildings in Christchurch. One set was installed some time ago, am!, as a result pressure at rush hours has already been reduced considerably. With a second set in commission, it is expected that there will be no repetition of old conditions, when one staff was kept right on through Christmas Eve. sending am! receiving until 8 a.m. and then relieved by a fresh staff. This year, work on December 25 should cease at, 1 a.m. • Our object is to give the public, the best possible service” said the District Superintendent of Telegraphs yesterday. “We also want to expedite work in the office. There are •ight dtai.iK.-l.s in each Multiplex set, four for sending and lour for receiving, and each channel works at rate of forty words a minute. We should gee .’ear in reasonable time this Christ-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17223, 14 December 1923, Page 12
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