SLOT TELEPHONES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1686, 28 February 1913, Page 5

SLOT TELEPHONES.

WANTED: AT ISLAND DAY, ' > A post office at ;Islahd Bay imd"the' installation of two slot telephones in that suburb wero nskod'.'for 'b'yVa deputation, from tho Island Bay Municipal Electors' Association, which' was .introduced to tlio : Hon. R, H. Rhodes .(Postmaster-Qonoral)"" yesterday by Mr. W.H. D. Bell. 'mombor for Wellington Suburbs. Mr. Bell said that'lslahd Bay rosidonti " recognised that it Blight 1,6 difficult to provulo at orioo tho post office which thoy : required, but' they .Considered- that' slot ' telephones' should ,bo installed' at once, bccauso'niuoh less populous districts. had •f r already been provided with thcßO instru-i ■ j ments. -V ' ' ' ■ Mr.. Coy said that fiomo effective means of communication' with ' tlio city was, badlv needed at Island Bay. Not many ' residents of tho, suburb 'could afford to pay tcdephono. bureau charges, , but if tho Post and Telegraph Department installed , slot'telephones. ttey would yield a l , good ' return.", ( ' -. >' ■ Oilier members of tlio deputation supported those statements. It was pointed out tlmt tlio 6ubsoription cliargo: for, .or- • dinary telephones was- very heavy at Island Baj'. Tho MiuistorMvas asked at least to deal with tho request in rotation with requests from, other district's."-: An- 1 other point niado was that Island Bay had i •been selected as a location for workers' dwellings. Mr. Bell emphasised tho point that'if . people wore to beWnduced ;to leave tho congested areas of tlio cities nnd live in tho suburbs, they nmsl; be provided with reasonable .facilities for communication.'' '•>, The Minister said tliat, tho salue 1 argil- . ment applied to Country districts that had ■ no telepnono connection «t: all. He had promisal<a, former .deputation that if possible lioWould liavo the bureau .telephone connected to a slot limc.hino.at night. 'Ms;, had proved, impracticable.' 110 hoped,'"V however,that wforo long it would found possible to inslal ono slot tolcphono at Island Bay. 110 could not lianib 'tho definite djito on \vhich the instrument would bo provided. -A' convenient -placo would no doubt be (it the end of tlio tramline. ' • "■ ' It was arranged that 'tho Minister, at-" compiuiied by Mr. Bell, should visit Island , Bay on Saturday next, and cinfer with, , local residents as to 1 tho best -sito. for tho slot telephone. ..

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