13 FEBRUARY 1953, Page 5

Does everyone know how a 999 call works ? I

never did till I listened to a B.B.C..play on Saturday night, most of it consisting of calls to and from police-stations. If that was correct, and no doubt it was, the operator who answers the call asks at once " Which service ? " you say either " Police, Fire or Hospital " and get put through at once. How the