LISTENER'S FEE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 241, 11 October 1934, Page 10

LISTENER'S FEE.

REDUCTION TO 25/ SOON? MINISTER'S HOPE. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary 'Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. A reduction from 30/ <o 25/ in the r.tdio listeners' license f ees, it is understood, will be announced shortly. A query as to why there should be a differentiation in the amount's paid for radio dealers' licenses was raised in the House this morning by Mr Walter Nash (Labour, Rutt), who stated that £15 was paid for such a license, but outside the 10-mile radius from the main post offices a £10 fe<; was charged. That meant that in a suburb such as Devonport (Auckland) £15 was ch-irgeu, while only £10 was charged in Hamilton. In the latter place business was much better than it was in the suburbs oi cities. Replying to the point about radio dealers' licenses, the acting-I'ostmaster-General, Mr. Bitchener, baid that there ivere difficulties in the way of reducing fees, but the matter wo il'l be considered by the Department. The question of the listeners' fe.e had not yet been considered, but it was hoped later that a small reduction would be made. He thought memoes would agree | that the charges in the meantime were I rather high.