AUSTRALIAN TELEPHONES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 September 1910, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN TELEPHONES.

SCALE RATES AFFECTED

[11Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] SYDXEY, September 2. lele.phone authorities report tha new system of charging per seal on telephones has resulted in considerable reduction in the num ber of rails, and that few sub senbers asked to be disconnected.

(For same time* exports in the Ai is Lin linn Telephone Department iirged Unit u sliding scale of charges .should l) t > adopted, instead of the "flat rate" such as obtains here. It was contended that in the case of private telephones particularly a great nianv unnecessary calls were made, which would not "f »iade if it meant increased charges lor the phone. This has proved to lie the case.)