RURAL TELEPHONES.
REDUCED CHARGE EXTENDED. (Special to the " Guardian.") MASTERTON, April 1. Advice from the Postmaster-General, Hon. A. Hamilton, that the reduction made last year in rural telephone rentals will be continued, has been received bv the Hon. A. ]). McLeod, M.P. The Minister telegraphed:— Tn reference to the concessions granted last year to party line telephone subscribers in rural areas, in which a. reduction of 50 per cent, in rentals was granted, but not so as to reduce the rentals payable to less than £lO per annum., I beg to inform you that in view of the present economic conditions, it has been decided to extend the concession for another twejye months. Mr McLeod has replied as follows: "While back country rural subscribers will appreciate the extension of the concession, I am of the opinion, in view of the telephone branch being a payable one, that at least the full amount of the salary cut and interest reduction should be passed on to subscribers in general."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 149, 5 April 1933, Page 3
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