Ono of the greatest difficulties in connection with tho working of the slot telephones to bo faced by tho Telegraph Department is the frequent insertion of defective pennies. , Tho two-pence-in-the-slot 'machines' are rather delicato instruments, and the presenceof a bent coin is often' sufficient to put them out of forking order. To obviiuto this, it is suggested that tho authorities should introduco a. system of "counters"—round pieces of metal which could be sold at tho bookstalls, post, oifices, and other places convenient to tho slot telephone. This system would 'cnablo tho counters, when bent and worn, to be thrown away by' tho Department. It is probable that some such schcmc will ho inaugurated in tho near future, in preparation for tho tnno when public telephones nro more numerous than they aro at present.— Auckland "Herald." Persons suffering from ordinary colds, tickltug coughs, bronchial, mul nasal catarrh, sore or relaxed throat, huskincss, loss of voice, asthma, bronchitis, tightness of tho chest, pleurisy, or influenza cough will find prompt ami effidc-oit relief and ■strength by taking one or two teaspoonfuls of TUSSICUIIA. several times a day. —Advt.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1716, 5 April 1913, Page 6
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