AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1475, 25 June 1912, Page 11

AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES.

TO BR IXSI'ALLKD L\ AL : CK'L.VXD. . ' (I'l'/Tcligraph.—l'rcss Association.; -. \\ - .-Auckland', --JAmo-iiks.. li is if-ar-mi nam a'uUun Unlive 1 lsat {!•»■ /system of .automatic U'io[ihunes is Mik'oly.■ ■■ to. !>b *iih.sfq!lp'sl, ;,ili: i~aiul'just i ; ■;a s' so'o I ri'-rt s't liW oxc ii :>i i•; b-1 i a tie r y ;.w hie! > dime. seivic:; 'Joi-'V'tlie:' past iuleen 'yPaivs? .eaii by replaced by a nron; up-to-date phut to be' fitted. up ill firi thcr r.tot ofii'-t!. bui'd.'ii'!'"'?. For :..":>me time p'ust. tha • l;Vct" has been.recogniscd tltat Ihe hnt'ei-y iunv iii iusvingr" ahiie'sr ended its day. jit v.srI'uliU'iV, im;si ram cease tii be. Air?;;'.!;.' -si t; vi'l6a-"-"inpiir.ly ; •iOlVtV' sub'-'-'-. .M'rihers;. and at -tlu;:'*,])l'.fet*nt' :^rate^pf in r CTciisi'. ilit'.'tq.t'nl^HiUUiyfore overran Uiecapaeily of'(lif",xeljW'iig L".. '^priHii^'i.tiiVtlie'scheme;-fpi-in c:inn«'ti;v.i wi'.li branches- <ri the 'Post ism! Tclo'irf.h 'in A.;c:k!aiid, : .'t h^v■tf'lr'iiiiqivi\ r .oT't iic /fi'iw'il]!. ?o!ul!i 'posti'6flic'p, Vhij tWos"■ '■.?'KO.':. on 'he oorrer !ii«sk ■■o|!iiosiib.-;t!io' : npw'' A^ljuildnigs."'"' in« ■ .Street Last.' The. oee:>-i<>n- of hipym^fhe/oirliaj^ I ■}io ii- iii.■ Sh'ortl'aiicl: Stroq; <jHiccs y--i 11 there;-; i'ore- b>.-.opii.-.rim'.e loi; 11 i6iiiijitipyiiisi; of!: ;ser.vic6. ;ori linfe .-wliiphjiJiayc- ■ iirpvoiK i : riip.st : '- sviccesirfu'l'. iii oltlor cciiiiitrios .

\Mirr<"\\ *-1 j m rvvomro '■ Tii(>. a(lo[ition /of jaiv automatic tclcplibne sysfeniv to replace il'.r sy.sttn! iii. 'ybßiie; hUS; leivjrasrcd;. th'ci. ..the iPost-' ::mnjt?V;.£i(!iiefal' and lii« l)ej>ar!nu..nf ...ior. ;.Eb"iiVfe:■ t'iiulq ■ :ptisK. Jlr. IKiekiey, ai! oifi'eial. 'oif.' ilitf.A.Departmeiit.i;. ' : i;eceiitly .-visited; tlip;'XJ ii i te<V'~'l*r i iiij'-: doiii,. !.o" inspei't;' various mitomatic ;sys-v t.ems in operat'iiiii siu'd'lliiS. repprl, accompaiiied by the recommendations of- •iho prim ipa' officials; of the;.l'dscf-SndC-Tere? irniph Depatimcat. b'A>n furnished to tlu> rosimas'ef-Gcnsra!. :.}K Mr. r,U stated lait evening, that he. had .refevro(l ; ! tl;c report: :an'd; reccainVciHlatidn? t'a Cabinet am! 'that he was imhble, ;.at. the jiresent. : stiige, to amplify (hii: statement. '". 1 ~ .''"; ; ri'' ' .'•' It w.as ascCTtained unoffie/ially, liovrever, that the recommendations forworded''t#;:Ca.)3mc|; by the Minister favour tho adoption of an American system' of automatiß. .'felepnphes: Oi the two : . sysiems ■ which. v.-«re un:'er considerajion, 0110 va's A miricanv-ahd Uie otlier Briti.-.]i. It is .iiiulerst'iod. that Auckland and. two in -.vhieh tho* auiormi'ic iei'/phones will first be installed, V":,....:,;