Several attempts have been made to establish a telephone exchange in Roxburgh, but owing to the apathy of the business people nothing eventuated. A hurried canvass of the town secured the requisite number to entitle us to an exchange. This was responsible for a mild rush at the end of last week for telephones. Most of the subscribers outside the town have made up small parties of three and four, the largest party being six. ''If,'' he added, ''it took a strong man with five horses yesterday 10 hours to do the journey, how long will it take a delicate woman driving one horse?''

Source: Otago Daily Times July 12, 2017 18:33 UTC