TELEPHONE RATES.

Otaki Mail, 13 July 1923, Page 2

TELEPHONE RATES.

AN AMENDED SYSTEM. | Tho iuu«:h*v»*xcd question of tele - phone fees has at last been settled. The J MinUter of Finance, reviewing the matj ter in his Budget, .states: —The whole ! Hi utter has received the consideration ■ i of the Government, n-ul if has decided j to bring the amended charges into uper- ■ j ation on the date as the rcintroj ducrboi of penny postage —namely. «he | Ist October next. li. nx]i b»- observed ' that rhe ratec decided upon mean a i ! fairly substantial reduction on those at ■ 1 j first proposed; and lam hopedui tluu ; I ■' i '.vjtb a full year of tho increased rev- • " enue. the- Telephone Brunch will be | ‘ , self-siipporting. The puhUs of the. i. I'osta) BrtiKch. v.Ukh in the past have f been >u [»£'»'* i-t the T«uV phono and i Telegraph Branches, can u«»v. he baudf* ed back t" the public a- a : he rhe v.-ji v of penny ]M.tstag»*. ;i. v. hicb ' - 1 iijon already referred. J For the four chiei cities .multiotiice exc-hnuge-v*, iiat rates will be . , charged wirhiii a radius ui three miles. • tjie area being approximat-dy 2-t squu/e j miles. For buxines?* conn**ciioj»- the ! 1 ' chaigv will be -lo a year, and lor jvridentin! coniiect:on.-. £’? l' -. At p!e-- j s ! '-UT rhe b:iciness rate rise 1 * from £i* 10s. j “ to idl-2 J •'.*>. y* three miles, while the pri* I . vate rate rise- front .£*» to £> 1»»«. at j two miles. ;• ' For single ouice exchanges with l.oOb ; r to hi' 1 " 1 subscribers base rate aiea ha.- a - F radius of two and a-half miles, oj about • i' square miles. Tho business rate will : h be £i J. and the private rate £7 !•>-. } : Under the existing system, rhe business • o rate rises from £7 to £l3 at two miles. : • - uxd £l2 a* two and a-hall aiiies, ; * 1 -vhiit* the private rate rises from £7 to • . £7 3 2-. »>d. *? 5 ou* find a-quart or miles. and £}•■ ids. at two and a-huu miles. • J For single Mtrb-v exchanges under i .♦»*>*» sui*•-(:rii k*i>. v.ir] unrestricted a 4 -' i tendance, the base urea he- a radius 1 * { of two miles or abou* 12 square miles, j = j The business into vriij be £li» insread ’ .| of fib original!v proposed, and the r.*ii- J - ( vate rate 27 instead of zS. At present j ' j the business rate rises from £7 to £lO j ] | 7s. bu. at one and three-quarter miles, j ” ! and fll at two miles, vrbiie the private ; > rises from £'7 to £7 325. 6d. at one and j ; three-quarter miles, and £9 30s, at two? j miles. Provision i- made for two-party j _ business' connections for £7. two-party l residential connections for £d 10s.. and j " four-party residential for \ £4 10s. ] [ For cs<-hang-?s of under i.uOO sub- I - seribsrs. with lestricted attendance, the ( [ bass rate area ha- a radios of 2 rs.iic-f j or about 12 square mile l . The bu.ine-s ■ rate will be £8 anJ the private rate £6. j At present the business rate rises from, j £6 to £i 2s. fid. at one and a-quarter j miles, and xiu at two miles, while the , private rate rise; from £fi to £fi 12s. fid. at one and a-quarter miles, and £b 10s. | at two utiles. !