Flate Rate Charges In Party Line Telephones
Jress Association)
(Per i
WELLINGTON, July 22. Eoi'ty-five per cent of telephones in New Zealand are on party lines, but iow many subseribers know that where he.y all approve of a flat rate being •harged' the Post and Telegraph De-. oartment is quite happy with that arrangement. The > Postmaster-General (Mr. Hackbtt) saicl today that the Post Offiee is villing to apply a flat rate svstem pro•ided all subseribers are unanimous m Gieir desire to share the total regulaLion rental on a fiat basis and provided .here is good prior understan4mg witn tlie Post Office tn pover any charges — for example, any efiange involving an increase in tfie flat rate rental. Any group of subseribers wisfiiug to adopt tfie flat rate system gfiould approacfi its local postmaster.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1949, Page 5
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133Flate Rate Charges In Party Line Telephones Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1949, Page 5
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