REASONABLE CHARGES.
PARTY-LINE TELEPHONES
CONSEQUENCES OF REDUCTION. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. The danger of a reduction in partyline telephone fees throwing an undue burden on other users of the telephone system was referred to by the Hon. A. Hamilton, Postmaster-General, in the House yesterday, when answering a question by Mr. J. A. Nash (Coalition Reform, Palmerston). Mr. Nash had stated that farmers found the expense of party lines so excessive that many of them would be obliged to give up the service, and the Minister promised to have the charges inquired into. While appreciating the farmers' difficulties, Mr. Hamilton said he had to bear in mind that the Department must also make a charge bearing relation to the cost of the service. He believed the charges for party lines were fairly reasonable—more reasonable in some respects than the charges made for some city services—but if there were any chance of reviewing them he would be glad to do so. It had to be remembered, however, that if the charges were reduced, other users of the Department's services might have an undue burden cast on them.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 59, 10 March 1932, Page 8
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