RADIO LICENSES
THE FEES IN EUROPE. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyrignt). LONDON, Fdb. 9. H'lie suggestion that the wireless license, which at present is ton shillings per annum, should he reduced, has prompted the Postmaster-General to say that a three-days programme for one penny is not unreasonable. It is p tinted out that the British wireless license is cheaper than that of any place-in the world where a iee is charged. Lor instance. South Africa charges :55 s and for hotels and clubs. <os: Czecho-Slovakia charges 22s and Denmark 20s; France charges nothing, also Holland, while Germany charges 245. Hungary 12s and Iceland 50s. hut a reductian is there contemplated owing to the scarcity of listeners. Italy charges 15s, Sweden 11s, Switzerland 12s, and Turkey 60s, plus 25 per cent, tax on sets. Austria charges Md per mouth for listeners, with an annual salary below £IOOO. and 4s monthly for those above that salary. !u Russia private listening-in is not encouraged. The Soviet prefers communal listening by means of loud speakers in central parts.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 February 1929, Page 6
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174RADIO LICENSES Hokitika Guardian, 11 February 1929, Page 6
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