Postal charges up
Inland toll calls will cost more from April 1, the Post Office announced yesterday. Postal rates will rise from May 1 and telephone rentals from May 16. Details are:— Telephone rentals (effective May 16, 1986), with present rates in brackets: Residential, $41.50 ($35.50); business, $183.50 ($136), $138.50 ($102.50), $55.50 ($4l). Telex Rentals (effective April 1, 1986) (Monthly charge): Terminal with tape, $2OO ($170); terminal with electronic memory VDU: $260 ($290). Inland toll charges (effective April 1, 1986), Mon to Sat, excluding public holidays; (Basic rates for three-minute
calls), Peak, Up to 40km: 17c (14c); Over 245 km Up to 325 km: $2.40 ($2.01); Over 650 km: $3.93 ($3.27). Standard: 17c (14c), $2.10 ($1.74), $3.42 ($2.85). Night: 17c (14c), $1.47 ($1.23), $2.58 ($2.16). Offpeak: 8c (7c), 72c (60c), $1.29 ($1.02). Public call boxes (local calls only): No change (10c). International telephone and telex calls (effective April 1, 1986).— Telephone (per minute), Classified 1: South-West Pacific, no change ($1.40); Commonwealth, $2.80 ($2.40); Foreign, no change, ($2.80).
Unclassified 2: SouthWest Pacific, $l.BO, ($1.70); Cojnmonwealth,
$3.60, ($3); Foreign, No change, ($3.60). Telex (per minute): South-West Pacific, No change, ($1.60); Alaska, Canada, Britain, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, America $3.60, ($3.10); others, $3.60, $4) Inland telex calls: No increase (4c for six seconds). Telephone installation charges (effective April 1, 1986): Service connection fee, $145 ($110); Reconnection fee $4O, ($3O). Inland postal services (effective May 1, 1986).— Airmail letters (up to lOg), 45c, present rate 35c; standard letters!, 30c (25c); Christmas cards, 25c > (18c); Non-standard articles (up to lOOg), first-
class, 55c, (40c), secondclass, 45c, (35c); parcels (up to 3kg) (within a district or within 50km, except Inter-island), $2.40, ($1.80); Within an island, $2.65, ($2); Inter-island, $3.85, ($2.90). Overseas postal services (effective May 1, 1986). — Airmail Tetters and postcards to lOg: Australia and South Pacific, 60c (45c); North America and Asia, 80c (60c); Europe, Africa, Middle East, South America, $1 (75c). Aerogrammes: 55c (40c), 60c (45c), 65c (50c). Surface letters to 20g: Australia, Japan, India, etc. 45c (35c), Americas, Europe, Africa, etc., 55c (40c).
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