WAITOMO CAVES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 586, 19 July 1913, Page 4

WAITOMO CAVES.

*♦♦♦ Own Correspondent. The residents of the Tumu Tumu i will 300 M ue linked up with tho private I telephone sy?tem in operation through--1 out the res: of the district. This will bring the numbers of 'phones connected \ with the Waitomo Caves exchange to ov.3i- ■-!". The whole oi the lines" I rave been constructed and equipped by private enterprise and seem to. lie giving great satisfaction. An impsvssion is abroad that the Post and Tel.vgraph Department are unduly p.xploiUne- the subscribers by imposhv a charge of &\ 10a per annum for ei?ch 'phone, for the switching of the ir&rious linos. Considering tho extra amount of revenue the department derive from- the more frequent uso of the 'phone it scarcely seems fair in at such a high charge should be ievii d. and I understand that representations are to be made in the nropev quarter to try and get the charge reduced. Waitomo township is growing apace The latest addition is a neat house erected by Mr W. Rawlinson, our local blacksmith and handy man, who has lately joi tied the benedicts. Changes have I jately taken place in the management oi the G. and C. store, Mr A. Sim psv.n having severed bis connection with the firm. Mr Wallace, from Pio Pio, n now m charge.