"RINGING UP" WELLINGTON.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 22 February 1913, Page 5

"RINGING UP" WELLINGTON.

NEW TELEPHONE SERVICE. ' Tho'new direct telephone 'service b<y (ween Wellington ami Auckland is now undergoing its trials. The c'nihecHonS are quite complete,- but tempwaty. wires have ' • , ixcii lftid ifito Hho Auckland exchange, , nfid tlio liKivy double wiri'!< between this | cij-y arid the.cnpital Are now .lolmctr'ted. ... 11l pro'viiliug the new. scn-ife, the Tele- . ' / graph Department has ' cxpende.!. smie l . thing lileo .CMAU There is first of all tho cost of tlio'copper wirei mid ihis tho main item.'• Copper is iiow.roiniii.iiid- ' , tup ft very bigr price—the lftle?t'<|uola!itm ;, is in tho region of-.£9.T_a' The wil-a , ill,it is Irani? \i?ed is Jso. 8, One of tho heaviest obff.itiii.blp,rind there'is,a doublft lint). Roughly the cost far tfiro works out ~ nt .B+o a liiife—this meaning an outlay roughly of .CJ'G.OOf) for cv"ippfcr alone. l'lieU there are insulators,: extra (connections, V > ' alterations, lieiv instruments,.: mul thfl cost of labour—all' Ihesa miist be tola>n into consideration./.However, the -' biffy 1 . work is now fcomplete,' and tho publio will shortly bb ablo to speak to its friends ■ iti Wellington, arid the voico.nt the other ' end will sound just n. few hu'mlro.l yards 7 nway. .It lifts not yet been definitely decided when tho lino will b» open for publio Use» nor what eortfeo will bo nvtjilable, but an announcement diould be forthcoming within a . few days.—Atitklcind "Herald." : 1 .