IMPROVED TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1919, Page 7

IMPROVED TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION.

AN' INGLEWOOD PETITION. The ftsdessity for certain improvemfctna to' ihe postal and telephone senfijes sin f|hc Inglewood Aitfpcfc, has |he minds of arid ttoge lately; by the, Inglfcfrood Borough Council, Chan\b?r ot Oommwcfe.'and. Moft. Joard 'have ■lMtirfMriijaflmUMßd that a petition b« , PlyWOUth'j' piKiltilrg'out that'the number ..of, aubscriteyfj. was. ,10p,,jjid ; asking tha't sin ext'enßlbri of' Jioiir j';.6q - mod* 4d-that the:;«*KShangelß open «ontinuq^iy]Bijfctat: j td' 10' p.m.Atten : sjiiu -understood iappljAjtions. Sm , telephone j connedtioniS/wert' ;| being- refused on ac-i cdnnt: of; th| .'"boa rd"'jbfc)xig' ;too; vcnieiwe attd>be'ing>certßuily detrimental to the town and district. Attehtign i.vaß : also to the'fie.ceesity; iof.: giving .longer.' ringa, the- pro;ylmott?:i(if ! inore post; office boxes, and 'the iSM, fojt; in sorting . The loWer i&Wv ftttwtion ,to ihe ! incivility ■and i inattention which at times, obtain ■ 'off both' annoying and incq^ohiinkto;'§u^scribef?. iniflupposfc Mr. tyon, /at the meeting of M^'Mfia 1 'Road ' Board -on Saturday, centra offt: b{g,!t«lephoi)ic district. There were: settlers living every 20 chains along i th?,rWds, ; «i : tha.t a-cheap service should be possible. It might be remarked that a local bo4y had no interest in the matter, but he pointed out that the telephone would save many journeys on the road, and thus save wear and tear. Indeed, from this aspect, he thought ifcl would pay local bodies to subsidise telephones, so as to take traffic off the roads,