LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONING.
WELLINGTON TO ACCKLAXD. My Telegraph -Press Association. Wellington. Last Night. The Telegraph Department lias nearly computed arrangements for the inauguration of the new telephone service .between Wellington and Auckland. Some construction work remains to lie done before the service can he established on a permanent footing, but by means of temporary arrangements it is hoped to give a partial service wjthin a ■ month. The new double line for this telephone service is 400 miles in length, and 150 tons of copper wire, valued at £15,000, is being used in constructing the lines, which will be used for telegraph as well as telephone work, and tnc necessities of the telegraph will curtail the use of the wires for conversational purposes, but it is hoped to assign two hours during the day and the greater part oi the night for telephonic service. The charges for this long distance talking has not vet been fixed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 237, 25 February 1913, Page 5
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155LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 237, 25 February 1913, Page 5
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