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BETTER TRUNK
LINE. SERVICES
MELBOURNE, Friday.
The Australian locaL telephone
service its phonogram service
and transmission standards compared
favourably with those of
Europe the Director-General of
Posts and Telegraphs (Mr G T
Chippindall said to-day I
Mr Chippindall who reached
Melbourne by air to-day after
six months abroad, said, he was
confident it would be possible to
speed up considerably Australian
trunk line telephone services
A decision would have to be
reached soon on the methods of
meeting needs Of many trunk
line routes in Australia, particularly
between Sydney and Melbourne
The
information he had, obtained
would be of immediate
value in discussions on this problem
, at a
Another matter which he had
e«:amineaxwas the development of
direct dialling between subscribers
in differentuJietwotks
A greater percentage of trunk
line calls was completed without
delay in Britain and parts of
Europe than ,, was possible
Australia, * *
Short distances and dense populations
enabled the provision of
channels at relatively small cost
for very large returns in the way
of revenue
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