TELEPHONES.
♦ ——-' THE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM.' : ,'''. i ' ' . IBy Tolejr&ph.-PrcßS Association.) Auckland, January 13. In an interview regarding the groat increase in tho number of telephones used tho Hon, R. H. Rhodes stated that the Auckland City Exchango now operated 3811 connections,' 1149 extensions, and 90 bureaux, a total of 5055 telephones. There aro now 38 exchanges in Auckland district, and worked by thcin are 5801 connections, 1297 extensions, and 538 bureaux, i total of 7740 telephones' in use. The increase in four years is equivalent to nearly 90 per cent.. The Minister again referred to tho installation of tho automatic systems. Ho ■remarked that simultaneously with tho work of installing the aow telophono system, arrangements wil be made for placiug lead cables underground as far aB possible. ' There arc toe many cables, strung overhead.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1647, 14 January 1913, Page 6
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132TELEPHONES. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1647, 14 January 1913, Page 6
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