TELEPHONE TAPPING.
In referring to evidence given in the Kidman case in Sydney recently the Melbourne Age says : “It is not generally known that conversations over the telephone may be tapped by an officer of the
Department, an ofTicial listener. The sweet ‘ nothings ’ olt-times whispered into telephone instruments are liable to fall upon the ears ot a third person, while the participants in the conversation proceed in blissful ignorance. The Postmaster General, Mr Spence, refer ling to the statement that officials were employed to ‘ tap 1 conversations periodically, stated that it was necessary that listeners should be employed. The officers were sworn to secrecy, and the result of their work was communicated diiect to headquarters. Departmental complaints were investigated frequently by the obseivation staff, and it was found ■that this was the most satisfactory method to deal with such cases. The public might rest assurred, however, that ordinary telephone operators did not ' tap ’ conversations. They were kept too busy in bother about listening to conversations. 1 ’
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1465, 28 October 1915, Page 2
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166TELEPHONE TAPPING. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1465, 28 October 1915, Page 2
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