COUNTRY TELEPHONES
FARAIEBS’ l ; XIOX PROTEST Unless relief was forthcoming they would he forced to cut out their .telepho nos. said some speakers at a meeting of the Wairarapa provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union, when the action of the. P. and I. Department in. removing concessions granted in 1031 to country telephone users and. making further rental increases was criticised. • « Air. J. Andrew said that in his district the annual cost of a telephone liad risen from, £lO 18s to £lB Ids 4d. Hast year he had paid £ls 17s Gd and this year he was expected to pay £27 10s. A motion was passed protesting strongly against tile removal of concessions and the increased costs of rural telephones. A committee was set up to deal with the subject, and it will he referred to Fanners* Union headquarters for national action. * *
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 162, 24 March 1939, Page 3
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142COUNTRY TELEPHONES Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 162, 24 March 1939, Page 3
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