"LISTENERS-IN”
INGENIOUSLY CHECKED All ingenious device to prevent eavesdropping outside the telephone eall-boxos has been tried at the Fleet-j
wood Post Office, In England. Fleetwood ’s use of trunk lines is extensive, as most of the business of its fishing industry is transacted over the telephone. Complaints have been received that ‘ 1 listeners-in’ 1 outside call-boxes have overheard conversations and ob-
tained important business information. The Post Office, therefore, has installed a “buzzer,” which comes into operation as soon as the caller closes the door. The “buzzer” cannot be inside the box, but is quite effectual in preventing those ousidc from overhearing the conversation.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19432, 17 October 1925, Page 21 (Supplement)
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