TELEPHONE EFFICIENCY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 433, 15 August 1928, Page 8

TELEPHONE EFFICIENCY

NEW ZEALAND’S SUCCESS TELEGRAPH REVENUE SUFFERS (From Our Otcn Correspondent) WELLINGTON', To-day That rapid process in the and popularity of long-distal telephones is having a prejudicial effect upon the telegraph revenue is one of the interesting di« closures made in the annual Po,, and Telegraph Department reran presented to Parliament to-day. “In toll services,” says the reran “it is the department’s aim to pro ViJ: such a service that ultimatelv a per*,,, at North Cape may talk to a perLtn at the Bluff, without difficultv a . any hour of the day or night’ a Dominion-wide range is aimed at. New Zealand stands third among the lead ing telephone countries of the world “Among the towns of the Dominion Gisborne is first with 17 telephones a hundred people, followed bv Hasting. Hamilton, Wellington, with between 15 and 16, while Christchurch and Auckland occupy low places each with nine telephones a hundred people. “During the year the staff of the department was reduced by 493 officers. There are still neaiiv 10,000 in the employ of the department. The system of granting time oft' instead of payment for overtime it still in force, but with the increased business return payment in cash for overtime will not be long deferred" References to the cable and wire less services occupy a considerab!portion of the report. Traffic handle' by all radio stations except Awanni which is out of date, has increased The question of closing Awanui is to be considered.