1933

SHANGHAI
506
In this period pix new buildings have been constructed and new Automatic
■equipment has been installed in them. Ilji'ese together with the'' Central Office, make
seven blxchanges'and in these there are at present installed equipment , for 41,400
subscribers’ Lines of Rotary 7a Automatic’ equipment. The buildings are designed so
that, / as required) additional equipmerit for 68^66 more subscribers can be addtd
making a total for which building provision has been made for 1 ;0,0()0 subscribers
Lines.
On March 31, 1932, the Exchange System contained 38,060 Telephones of which
92.9 per cent, were Automatic working. Of the remainder, 3.5 per cent, being; tele¬
phones outside the Settlement and Concession, were semi-Automatic and the balance
3.0 per: cent., also outside the Settlement and Concession, were operated manually.
Approximately .94 per cent, of all the local calls are operated by full Automatic.
machinery, 3 per cent. semi-Automatic and the remaining 3 per cent. Manual.
The conversion to Automatic whs made in several stages, the first Automatic
Exchange was brought into service August IS, 1931, and the last March 26, 1932.
directory
A. B. C. Bakery—1076-7, North Sze-
chuen Road; Teleph. ,42775
A.B.C. Press, Printers—45^ Kiukiang
Road: Telephs, 93968 and. 93028
A. Sing Ltd.—All 11 Broadway: Te-
leph. 41711; Cable Ad : Asing
|| Zeang leee
Abdookally, Ebrahim <fc Co., Merchants &
Commission Agents—229, SzechuenEd.;
Teleph. 11829; P.O. Box 241; Cable Ad:
Abdoolally
Ebrahim Noordin & Co., Bombay
S. C. Ebrahim
T. C. Ebrahim
J^l Ting siting
Abraham Bros., Importers, Exporters and
Commission Agents, Customs Clearance,
Shipping and Forwarding Agents—72,
Haskell Road; Teleph. 46764; Cable Ad:
Abbros; Codes: A.B.C. 5th edn. im¬
proved, Bentley’s and Western Union
D. Abraham
Y. Johnnison | I. Abraham
Abraham, D. E. J., Merchant—23, Peking
Road; Teleph. 10269; Cable Ad:
Pigeon
Jft Kasze
Abraham, Katz & Co,, General Import
and Export Merchants and Commission
Agents—16, Jinkee Road; Teleph. 18644;
P.O. Box 207; Cable Ad: Abkatz
M. Katz
A.C.K. Co., Fed. Inc., U.S.A. Importers,
Exporters and Wholesale Chemists—112,
Szechuen Hoad;Teleph. 17031;Cable Ad:
Ackco
Acme Advertising Agency—20, Museum
Road
H. Crawshaw
Acme Code Company, Publishers
Acme Commodity and Phrase Code
Representatives
Manley Manufacturing Co —3, Can¬
ton Road
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Ying shang ta li tieh chang yu hpian kung sze
Acme Foundry, Ltd.—Registered Office:
22, Museum Road; Teleph. 15406
Directors — J. A. Trevor Thomas
(chairman), R. Bailey, A. Bassett, A.
L. Dickson, W. C. Foster, L. G. Cou¬
sins and C. E. Harber
O. C. Newson, f.c.i.s., secretary
K. McKelvie, assistant do.
Adamak-Pechterawa, Dr. Lydia., Doc¬
tor of Medicine — 267, Kiangse
Road, Teleph. 144:25; P.O. Box 580
Adams & Co., William A., General
Insurance Brokers — 201, Wayfoong
House, 56, Szechuen Rd.; Teleph. 18210;
Cable Ad: Happy
Agency
Great American Insurance Co.