The Archive · 1937

TELEPHONE MYSTERY

Long Distance Calls

To the Editor of the Nowtt-Cixa Dany News"

Sm—Having to make frequent telephone calls to Nanking, T have found over months of observation that putting an ordinary call through, almost impossible.

'Many times T have found, that if after waiting more than two hours for an ordinary call reply I changed to an urgent call, service was established in a" few minutes, Peculiar part of this is, that on' Inquiry as to how many ordinary calls proceeded my call, figures were given me which certainly in-Gicated that the ordinary call should have gone through within one hour. On complaint the operators have on occasion stated that ordinary calls, next day, were some times held ever (oth Shanghai some.

Mar. 6,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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