Prospect Telephone Exchange built 1923 with modern additions right. South Australia
Telephones – Prospect
Federal Committee Consider Improvements
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works opened an enquiry at the Adelaide GPO on Monday into the question of – automatic telephone exchanges and equipment at Brighton, Glenelg and Prospect.
The survey had resulted in the recommendation - that the automatic exchange was most necessary at Prospect, where its establishment would save considerable expense in connecting subscribers on the north side of the city with the central exchange. For some time service had been refused in the Prospect area, where at present there were approximately 130 applicants who would be served by the new exchange. An additional exchange there would relieve the congestion now existing on the central manual switchboard. If the cut-over was made it was expected that 697 subscribers would be transferred from central to Prospect. [Ref: Daily Herald (Adelaide SA) 21-3-1922]
Local Government meeting Prospect Monday August 6
The Deputy Postmaster-General advised that arrangements have been made to open a telephone exchange at Ballville Street, Prospect, at about the end of November. [Ref: The Register (Adelaide SA) 11-8-1923]
Prospect Exchange - Opening This Afternoon
More than 200 telephone services in the Prospect and North Adelaide district will be connected this afternoon to a temporary manual exchange in Ballville Street, near the Enfield tramway track.
Mr J W Kitto (Deputy Postmaster-General) said this morning that that would mean that 100 services from that locality now connected with Central would be transferred to Ballville Street. "That will enable 100 waiting subscribers in the city area to be connected at an early date," said Mr Kitto.
Mr Kitto explained that the department is erecting in Ballville Street a new building, in which a modern automatic exchange to serve the Prospect and North Adelaide district would be installed. As, however, it would be two years before the equipment needed could be secured and installed, to meet the case in the meantime so far as possible it was decided to put into operation a manual exchange, which would be housed in buildings eventually to be used as a linesmen's store and a motor garage. [Ref: News (Adelaide SA) 1-11-1923]
Prospect Automatic Telephone Exchange
The Deputy Postmaster-General (Mr E P Ramsay), advises that arrangements have been completed to bring the new automatic telephone exchange at Prospect
into operation as from midnight on Saturday. Mr Ramsay states that any subscriber connected to the present Prospect exchange, who wishes to use his telephone after midnight on Saturday, must use the automatic telephone which has already been installed.
On Sunday morning a staff of telephonists will begin the task of ringing each Prospect subscriber, with the object of ascertaining that the service is in order, and giving assistance to those who are not clear about the method of making calls under the new system. All subscribers, when calling a Prospect subscriber after midnight on Saturday, are requested to use the automatic numbers as shewn in the April issue of the directory. Failure to comply with this request will result in delay. [Ref: The Advertiser (Adelaide SA) 30-9-1927]
Prospect Telephone Exchange built 1923 with modern additions right. South Australia
Telephones – Prospect
Federal Committee Consider Improvements
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works opened an enquiry at the Adelaide GPO on Monday into the question of – automatic telephone exchanges and equipment at Brighton, Glenelg and Prospect.
The survey had resulted in the recommendation - that the automatic exchange was most necessary at Prospect, where its establishment would save considerable expense in connecting subscribers on the north side of the city with the central exchange. For some time service had been refused in the Prospect area, where at present there were approximately 130 applicants who would be served by the new exchange. An additional exchange there would relieve the congestion now existing on the central manual switchboard. If the cut-over was made it was expected that 697 subscribers would be transferred from central to Prospect. [Ref: Daily Herald (Adelaide SA) 21-3-1922]
Local Government meeting Prospect Monday August 6
The Deputy Postmaster-General advised that arrangements have been made to open a telephone exchange at Ballville Street, Prospect, at about the end of November. [Ref: The Register (Adelaide SA) 11-8-1923]
Prospect Exchange - Opening This Afternoon
More than 200 telephone services in the Prospect and North Adelaide district will be connected this afternoon to a temporary manual exchange in Ballville Street, near the Enfield tramway track.
Mr J W Kitto (Deputy Postmaster-General) said this morning that that would mean that 100 services from that locality now connected with Central would be transferred to Ballville Street. "That will enable 100 waiting subscribers in the city area to be connected at an early date," said Mr Kitto.
Mr Kitto explained that the department is erecting in Ballville Street a new building, in which a modern automatic exchange to serve the Prospect and North Adelaide district would be installed. As, however, it would be two years before the equipment needed could be secured and installed, to meet the case in the meantime so far as possible it was decided to put into operation a manual exchange, which would be housed in buildings eventually to be used as a linesmen's store and a motor garage. [Ref: News (Adelaide SA) 1-11-1923]
Prospect Automatic Telephone Exchange
The Deputy Postmaster-General (Mr E P Ramsay), advises that arrangements have been completed to bring the new automatic telephone exchange at Prospect
into operation as from midnight on Saturday. Mr Ramsay states that any subscriber connected to the present Prospect exchange, who wishes to use his telephone after midnight on Saturday, must use the automatic telephone which has already been installed.
On Sunday morning a staff of telephonists will begin the task of ringing each Prospect subscriber, with the object of ascertaining that the service is in order, and giving assistance to those who are not clear about the method of making calls under the new system. All subscribers, when calling a Prospect subscriber after midnight on Saturday, are requested to use the automatic numbers as shewn in the April issue of the directory. Failure to comply with this request will result in delay. [Ref: The Advertiser (Adelaide SA) 30-9-1927]