RURAL TELEPHONES.
(By Tol«ir'aph.— Prepi A4EdEl?:£l<iß-.) >" _ . Wanganui,' February s. Tho Wanganui County Council has had.a .great deal .of success with ftj rural telephone schcilie. ' The chairman (Mr. AV. J. Poison), speaking-at tile monthly meeting of the council,_ said that -the scheme, had been more* than self-supporting, and was proving a source, of revenue. the ilangamiilru line, hn exceptionally long one, was orected for £160, and yet there were already , sixteen subscribers- at £3 a | year. Tho £3 paid.by subscribers ifi- | eluded machine and ' everything. The council put up the main line, and each subscriber connected it- with his own house. It was tho cheapest telephone service he knew of.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1979, 9 February 1914, Page 11
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109RURAL TELEPHONES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1979, 9 February 1914, Page 11
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