The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1911. THE TELEPHONE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 95, 12 June 1911, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1911. THE TELEPHONE.

The larger cities of the world have tiioir telephone troubles as well as the small places. Just now Sydney l.s .trying, to .reach something more like perfection, and special secret observations wore taken for some days lately by the inspector appointed by the committee composed cf the Post-master-General, the Lord Mayor, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce. His experiences are interesting, and appear to have been similar to those of the ordinary subscribers. Sometimes quick communication was secured and sometimes the delays must have been exasperating. For instance, the inspector had to wait lor the iOxchange to answer for 115 seconds once. The answer lie ultimately got was that all lines to Mosman were engaged. Other times ranged from four seconds to 03 seconds. The subscribers answered in varying times from IS seconds to -105 seconds. Ho had a remarkable freedom from obtaining the “engaged” answer, and got his connections correctly when not engaged on every ease reported on. He was “cut off” very rarely, but reports that many subscribers failed to “ring off,” which latter fact points to the conclusion that the telephone girl is not always to blame.