TELEPHONE EXCHANGE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 299, 30 April 1941, Page 5

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE

REFERENCE TO CHAMBER OF

COMMERCE

DIFFICULTIES R EALI SE'D

In a brief diseussj.on, the unsatisfactory service being received from tlie local telephone exchange received attention at Monday's mealing of the Whakatano Chamber of Commerce. A; speaker referred, to the service as far from sntisfactory and asked the chairman :l there was anything the Chamber could do to have an improvement eil'eeletK

Mr A. J. Canning was of the opinion that the. service was suffering from the! same difficulties as other businesses —.shortage of staff. All realised that the service was bad, but allowances should be made for the staff i)rob]cms.

That fault should not be found was the opinion of Mr G. A. Brabant, who stated that if member: 1 , watched the operators at work tlion tliej' would realise, the- difficulties. The Chairman: We pay for tlv service though and. don't get concessions because it is not up to the mark. Mr Dillicar stated that he ha:l had some experience of exchange work and suggested* that perhaps a respectfully termed letter to the postmaster might l improve matters. The service was not good but the exchange was working undter difficulties. It was decided that a letter be written.