CORRESPONDENCE.
THE TELEPHONE SERVICE.
(To the Editor.) Sir. —I have been waiting anxiously to hear that those few extra telephone subscribers required to give us an 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. service have come to light. But I am afraid Foxton has reached its telephone limit of 90 odd, and must perforce be the only back number of all the townships in telephone communication along the coast. It strikes me, sir, as being a little unfair of the Department to so handicap local subscribers who for some years have been subjected to a restricted use of the telephone because they are a few short of the required number. To make matters worse, recent railway alterations have not improved matters for business people, and little time is allowed between receiving and answering important correspondence through the post. Those responsible for the railway alterations should receive leather medals for the beautiful “hash-up” they made of things. Perhaps, sir, they will equalise mailers up a bit by endeavouring to find those few subscribers to extend the telephone hours. Thanking you in anticipation.—l am, etc.,
SUBSCRIBER.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1662, 16 January 1917, Page 3
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182CORRESPONDENCE. THE TELEPHONE SERVICE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1662, 16 January 1917, Page 3
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