CHEAPER WIRELESS.
ON NEW ZEALAND STEAMERS. Per Press Association. ' Btenieim, Last Night. lii performing the opening ceremony at tile new post office at Seddon today, "tlie Postmaster-General stated that the Department proposed to make still further reduction in thie charges for transmission of telegrams 'by wireless in regard to the ships engaged exclusively in the New Zealand coastal trade while voyaging between Wellington and Lyttelton. Under the new conditions passengers will be able to send wireless telegrams from the ship to any telegraph office in New Zealand at a charge of 2%d per word', with a minimum charge of Is 2d. Tliisi low rate Wad been fixed to meet the special..feature* of tlie night ferny service, out shoul.l prove remunerative. He had in mind to extend it to- apply to other parts of the Dominion sea traffic, and probably eventually to the Tasman Sea service as well. All depended on the returns.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 57, 28 July 1914, Page 5
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152CHEAPER WIRELESS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 57, 28 July 1914, Page 5
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