Secretarial Type Telehphone
Has one main exchange line with two extensions.
Used by executives at work and sometimes by VIPs at home.
Used in the urban centers in the 1950s and early 1960s and in rural areas in the 1970s.
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Magneto Telehone
First telephone introduced in Fiji was of magneto types. The telephone had in-built hand generator used for ringing each other. Different types of rings identified the subscribers.E.g.: short-long Short-long-short, etc
Introduced in the late 19th century until mid 1930s when the Central Battery Exchange was installed to replace the magneto system in the 1930s.
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Cross Bar Handset
The instrument has been used for making test calls to various destinations from within the Exchange.
The handset would be connected to the relay sets for the test calls to be made. This has been used by technicians to pick up any faults that might be in the system before being detected by the public.
The tests have been part of the technicians’ duty from 8am daily. Used in the 1960’s to the early 1990’s.
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Central Battery Subscribers Telephone
Installed at subscribers premises and connected by cables to the central battery operators switchboard. The operator used the ringing to call the operator.
The subscriber when wanting to raise the operator for a call would lift the handset, which would in turn switch a light on or a buzzer on the operator’s switchboard. Used in the 1950’s to the late 1980’s in the rural areas.
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Land Line Ringing Generator
Used between the main office and other offices in the 1950’s and the early 1960’s.
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Police Blue Pillar Box
Telephone used by patrolling police to contact their headquarters. Works by simply lifting the handset. Members of the public also used it to call police headquarters. Used in Suva in the 1960’s and 1970’s
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