TELEPHONE RENTALS
DOMINION’S FORTUNATE POSITION. • Not only has New Zealand one of the most efficient tJephone systems in the world, but also one of the cheapest. A comparison of telephone rentals in the Dominion with those of other countries is all in favour of New Zealand. Returns just furnished Iby the Post and. Telegraph Department show that the New Zealand business man pays the lowest rate in the British Empire or the United States for his telephone facilities. He is charged £ls per year for an unlimited number of calls, while the next lowest is Canada at £l7 a year for a maximum of twenty calls a day. A relative table of costs per year is: ‘ BUSINESS TELEPHONES.
New Zealand (unlimited service) 15 Canada (30 calls a day) 1" United States (20 calls a day) ... 18 England (20 calls a day) 33 Australia (20 calls a day) 37 South Africa (20 calls a’ day) ... 4,2 In private telephones New Zealand holds second place to Canada, but there the service is limited to 16 calls a day. whereas, in New Zealand, the use is unlimited. The comparison of rental is: PRIVATE TELEPHONES.
Canada (16 calls a clay) ... £7 0 0 Now Zealand (unlimited) .... 8 10 0 United States (16 calls) . .... 8 10 0 United Kingdom (10 a day ... 18 0 0 Australia. .... 21 10 0 South Africa 21 0 0
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1930, Page 5
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229TELEPHONE RENTALS Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1930, Page 5
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