SETTLERS' TELEPHONES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 395, 13 September 1911, Page 7

SETTLERS' TELEPHONES.

The settlers living in the outlying districts from Paeniako post oflice have for so.me time past suffered the disadvantage of not being 1 in telephone communication with Pio Pio, Te Kuiti, etc., except they rode specially to Paemako for that purpose. With the object of bettering these conditions a meeting of those settlers interested was convened by Mr R. Boddy some time ago at his house and the outcome of that meeting was the forming of the "Settlers" Private Telephone Association, Paemako," with Mr Boddy as chairman, Mr Trevor Evans as secretary and tyea* surer, and the helpful field it ion of Mr James Wall to make up a small committee to carry out the work of the association. No time was lost in obtaining the sanction of other settlers for the main line poles and wire to be run across their sections. Heart of totara p°l es were ordered for the main line, which ends in Mr Churcher's property. These, together with the 12 gauge galvanised plain wire and insulators have all been evecied. • For the various branch lines to connect with the main wire, stout saplings have been used, lashed to fencing posts, and insulators screwed in. The cost of erection of the main line will be "pooled," but each member of the Association will defray the expense of his own particular branch line. Messrs Churcber and J. Wall will be able to come in on the same branch

wire, which will be extended up to Mr Bob Bailey's place next year, after the bush is burnt off. At the present time, therefore, the members !;,ave to provide for between two and a-hali' and throe miles of main line, and the branch lines will total, say, seven miles. Connection with the departmental wire will be made at Paemako post office. The instruments ordered are of the Western Electric Company's make (an English firm) and of the pattern as supplied to the New Zealand Government, Messrs Arthur D. Riley and Co., Wellington, being the agents in the Messrs Messrs Riley uuppjy a very useful and concise illustrated pamphlet entitled "How to Build Rural Telephone Lines" which contains excellent ad- ' hi on the -nHr~t _ _