COUNTRY TELEPHONES.
QUESTION BY MR BUCHANAN. Mr' W. C. Buchanan recently asked' tflue Postmiasiter-Geneiral, "Whether- he wil reduce the yearly charge of £4 tto two or more BJUibsoribeirisi on. the one wire, in the country districts who, dirii many cases, have erected long dliErtiances of (telephone Sine at their own. cost." The reply was that the matter would be considered. Speaking in the.House, Mr Budhjanr an said,that the charge to counrtry ;tele,phbne .subscribers, in Fmglland was £3, and in Australia £2 10s.; Under the Canadian ,-system safctfes could .get advances for telephone purposies ifrom' the iliocali bodaaa. Ho hoped the Governmieittt would dmtroduce a. .short Bill for (tibfis purpose (this year-. Stir Joseph Ward said that itihe rates quoted; were in. addirtion ito tolls or .charges for each oommuniaattion.. The New Zealand flat rates were the lowest in the world.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10415, 8 September 1911, Page 5
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140COUNTRY TELEPHONES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10415, 8 September 1911, Page 5
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