COST OF TELEPHONES.
.:„■.■'.. .■■.;• : ■——— : —■■-♦- i ;■■.,, V.,-"- -•-:' "... Nobody call dispute the value to tlie community of the telephone system. It< has come to be regarded, not only as a boon, but as an essential to business'. .* is, indeed, almost as important to the country settler as it is to the dweller in the town. The cost of installing and maintaining the connections! is, however, altogether too high. It is much higher than it is in America and , other parts of the world, and, to a great many people, it is prohibitive. When the penny postage system was introduced, a heavy loss was prophesied. The ...increased" business, however, more than compensated for the loss occasioned by the reduction. There is reason to think that the same thing would happen with the telephone.. If it could be popularised in town, and country, the numr : ber of 'would, be so largely increased;-.that- the- loss, if any, would be infinitesimal.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10131, 9 January 1911, Page 4
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154COST OF TELEPHONES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10131, 9 January 1911, Page 4
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