IMPROVED SYSTEM

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 146, 12 February 1932, Page 5

IMPROVED SYSTEM

feEftER FAGILITlfeS 'PkoNE EXCHANGE SWITCHES TO NEW MULTIPLE 3BOARD • MODERN IMPROVEMENTS t • A fxifther-ihdicatxGndf-Ahdprogress! oi Rb'torua was ^iye'n yehtferday * wheh ! thei-e ^was a "Chaiige- OVei'" at -the post.pffi'ce from the old- manaUl switch.Boaxd in 1 the telephone exchafi^e to! the new branching multiple systehi. The offlcers of the Post ahd Telegraph : Department have b'eefi engag'ed upon this work for several months past," tapd the' final acedm^lishment Pf the tash will 'give satisfaction, • not bhlyl tP the departmeiit, but to the ptiBlic gefierdlly. .Ih, the. p'ast, . residents have frte-. ^-xxen'tiy made complaints of.the shr-' vice rendefed By thb .exchahge, but •these, complaints have, heen niaple! without ,a. full re^lisation of thip, diffir cujxies .undpr. whiph ... j'th© ; staf has,; JahbxireAin the past. Th;e,'h,ew sy sigjn* iwhich has com'e mtqvoper4djftjn.js -^aid ! to be one of the mo?t xnodprn epj'oyed hy apy. Jown of Rotorua's size in the' Doip.imcqx.Vs . . u>; , : An. understanding of the clp-mge ' may hp^ gaijied ,when ilj-.- is , explained that,o with the ■ Old rqqnual, . .switehBodrd, the o'peratqr^ , had .sco'pe.;!for ! dedling with . 300 . £ca^.;-wjbaie , under , the.^w '6QQ are providpd for., Ip;, the old days, the groxip for pach.operator Wa^ 11)Q, and. jb 'giye-a eonnectjpn tp any subscriber on apbther grpup^ itW"a;s -..nec'essary to call • oututa rthe ; pppmtpr. qPntro.liifig the;igrpup- ;irpin wlxjch the call came. It can be undei> stood that such a system laid itself open to.delays ahd cofhplichtibhs over wBich ihe attendants had no cohtrol. Thh, op'erator mighU he two-'or • three ( groups awhy hnd .the pPssibili'ty of ■ cohfusion can- easily he imagihed. ' Undef the n'ew. system, these caxises '' ,af . cPhfhsion have beeh repxoye'd, hs each 'oper^to.l; is not only in a position to control his Pr her grohp, .but : is 'able to make an axXtomatic connec- • tion with ,any. other grouip of sub^cx;ibers without referefice to compan- ; iofis. : , CohlxectiPns Facilitated An operator now answers 150 suh- ' scrihers in place of 100 under the old: systpm, and. in adjjitiop to. the special ; grpnp allo'catpd -to his.board, has a! suhsidiary groqp. . ..connecUng with , other bpai'ds. When called upon. for , a .nxxmher whjch is npt,-on: his -.ow-n ; mpin board -he can plug the .suhsidiary hoard withpxXt reference to his copipaniohs .on other groups, with the ■ px'ovisioh that, if the--,numher is etx- f gaged upon another .gr'o.up ;the boax'd j shows the contact, and he is able to giye the woi*d, , "Engaged." Connections with "Toll" are also faeilita'ted in ,fhe sanle way. When "Toll" is plpgged, a light shows whether a connection can be. made or not. Another impi;ovement which saves time, is in connectxon. with. tlie hnmher shutters. ' On the old hoards, . when a shutter fejl disclosxng.a burnley ringing up, the operator had yo clpse the shutter hy lxand at the complefion. of the ca,ll. Npw the shutter automatically closes when the call is completed, and the 'operator is free to,give atten'tipn to fxjrther business. The. whole of ihe ringing system js operated from the $own current, but storage batteries are installed to mee't all emergencies. Official Opening . -A brief ceremony took place at the official opening qf the, new system in the afternoph, Wheh the 'ladies* of the staff .provided,; after ndon tea for the a^semhled officiais. Mr. George Nelson, postmaster, in. referring . to the "change over," said it niarked an-; .other step. in the progress qf feptorua.. Thanks were due to the/keen interest taken .in the wo.rk by Mr. Gage (phief ^lectrical engineer),. Mr., Takpman (ffistrict engipe.er), ahd BJTjr. G. , Gilcrist,, who hqd - heen engaged on the work for- some months, past. He f elt ..surte.; that the ppw.systqnx, whep Ojperating and thor.Qjighly understoqd, Vfould he highly appreciated by the_. citizens of the town. ...... Mr. Gage, in repty to the thanks, extended to him, pointed out thgt. the pew .exchange , would mean a loi. to Rotqrua, and that it was the most modern of its kind in the Dominion. Mr. Lakeman also responded and hoped that business would be carried on, as usual, without interrup-: tion. .... . -