TELEPHONES CHARGES.
The Postmaster-General (Hon. W Nosworthy), in reply to a qestion in the House said that wherever money could be found he would face the requests for additional postal facilities and telephones as they came along, irrespective of what side of the' House they came from. The Department could not bring the telephone charges down for the backblock districts to the same basis as the telegraph charges, for the simple reason that they were losing heavily on the telegraph system—£loo,ooo yearly, or more. Any concession by way of reduction that could be made in the telephone charges would be very small indeed, and might land them in a position they would not like. If in the future it was found possible to reduce the charges, noboby would be gladder than he. Already the telephone charges were the second lowest in the world, Belgium being the lowest.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3682, 25 August 1927, Page 3
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147TELEPHONES CHARGES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3682, 25 August 1927, Page 3
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