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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 79, Issue 3, 15 September 1949, Page 204

A DANGER TO COMMUNICATIONS I' \ , , \ VL v - -\" s - z \“- ' . ~ O/A ■ ■ < ' ? \X RIIS <\/ ;\ A ' r . '>V';<- S ’' ?^^: ''’’j- >«cu2-A', r ~a,Thjv f* '- f ' / A*"’ x io' I<. j„, , I [P. and T. Department photo. > "- ‘' *'. t:-; CALLING trees and branches are - ' ’" ’S 1 * the cause of most breakages to i , ’;+♦ f ' 'j X Post Office telegraph and telephone ■ '-' ,«’,/*;♦ ' * lines. Broken wires are a serious pjs * "‘ Um problem to the Post Office, because * .m .', ' *l' on four lines ere may be 41 dif- \ ?3Kr''’l“ ' ' ferent ~actions taking place at the A’L' ' " Iff same time 3 "physical" voice con- __\ , -' . ve'rsations, 20 "carrier" conversations, s" -'' W| J ' and 18 telegraph messages being z '-- m transmitted. Farmers and other ' '’ - - rural residents, by trimming their trees clear of all wires, can prevent IBM -this danger to communications and can help to avoid many of the t>. 1 A’..;•,J-... ■?f.^,.;..... ! . r y-. . interruptions which occur. .