TELEPHONE MATTERS.
.Mr AV. H: Field, M.P., has written to the Government on several occasions relative to the above matter, and has received the fbllowing *in reply from tho Acting-Postmaster-General:— Kir,'—-In reference to your letter of the 30th ultimo, suggesting that, as hostilities have ceased, the time is opportune for providing additional telephone wire accommodation for offices along the Manawatu line: I have the honour to inform you that proposals for the improvement of the service are under consideration. But' nothing can be' done in the way of erecting additional wires.until material is obtained. . The difficulty in securing material, due to war conditions, has not yet eased. The Department is waiting for it to-do so-to enable .plans already made for telephone. improvements to be carried out and new ones to be considered:
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Otaki Mail, 24 February 1919, Page 4
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132TELEPHONE MATTERS. Otaki Mail, 24 February 1919, Page 4
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