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New and Pending Installations The following schedule indicates the new equipment recently installed and that at present under installation to provide relief at the larger automatic exchanges :

Plans for Further Relief at Existing Exchanges

New Exchanges established A new manual exchange with 216 subscribers was opened on the 19th January, 1948, at Brown's Bay, in the Waitemata County. A new rural automatic exchange with 114 subscribers was opened on the 18th February at Ngatimoti, in the Waimea County. Continuous service for both local calls and toll calls is provided at both exchanges.

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Place. Capacity of Equipment provided during Year. Capacity of Equipment under Installation. Expected Date of Completion. Subscribers. Subscribers. Auckland: — *Ponsonby 900 June, 1948. *Tamaki 120 July, 1948. *Three Kings 900 June, 1948. Ohristchurch— *Central exchange 900 Dunedin— ' Anderson's Bay 740 Green Island 380 * North-east Valley 560 Roslyn 400 South Dunedin 440 July, 1948. Wellington— Johnsonville .. 600 *Karori 415 Khandallah 400 y Lower Hutt 5,000 May, 1949. ♦Other TownsBlenheim 200 Dannevirke 300 June, 1948. Gisborne 400 July, 1948. *Hamilton 900 Hawera 300 July, 1948. Marton 100 April, 1948. Oamaru 200 *Palmerston North 900 "This equipment is of a temporary nature and will be converted to automatic working when the necessary apparatus is received from overseas. fNew exchange replacing existing exchange.

Place. Proposals. Expected Date of Completion. Ellerslie, Auckland Kiccarton, Christchurch Kilbirnie, Wellington .. Naenae, Lower Hutt Hamilton East Palmerston North Temporary manual exchange to serve 675 subscribers Temporary manual exchange to serve 900 subscribers Temporary manual exchange to serve 675 subscribers Temporary manual exchange to serve 675 subscribers Temporary manual exchange to serve 675 subscribers Capacity of existing manual exchange to be increased from 900 subscribers to 1,400 subscribers June, 1949. December, 1948. May, 1949. May, 1949. November, 1948. October, 1948.