TELEPHONE TOLL SYSTEM.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 5

TELEPHONE TOLL SYSTEM.

:',NEW' 'AUSTRALIAN;' CHARGES. : . By.X«leßraph ! T-Pre£eAaeociationT-Coj>/rieiit. : o:; : i(Rec.;September'2, 9.20 p.m.);. '■■; •■ . v ; ■ ■«■■'■ ■:'•'"'■- .Sytinoy, September' 2; • :Tlie.teiephpne authorities report,that the.:new:system, has resulted in 'a/considerable reduction ..in .the.number, of calls.., rA. few./subscribers , Lave asked be.disconnected. ' ■■■ ;.,"■'.■'■■■."■ ■',-. ; . ■ .'. The' Commonwealth 'Postmaster-General in July-authorised new. on a toll- system,' : ,by which .£& a year ground rent/is charged, for the instrument, and a: halfpenny a call up "to'< 2000 calls per ■arinurii, wliicli- the charge becomes a third of'aV penny, per call. The rate is .'slightly- lower iu ; the country: -■ The accounts rendered by. the-Post.Office have "to be:.'taken.as correct.:;. In private 'residences, using .tho-.-rtclephone- only v occur .-Qonnli}-, rates will work out as follows:— In the city/ one call per. day, ■ including ground- charge, £1 15s; , 3d.;;per annum; two calls, .#5 10s, (id.-; threfi calls, JEG Ss. 9d.; four calls, 'J57 Is.; five"calls, i£7l(is. 3d.; six "calls; £8 Hβ. 6d.' .In the country. One call per.day, £5 155.. 3d.; two calls, £i 10s; 6d;; three calls, ,£5 ss. 9d.j four : 'cal]s,V£6 Is.; nvecalle, 16s.- 3d. ;■ sixcalls,; .£Mls:-,6d..■.,.;.;a.'-' . /.-:■■; ;