TELEPHONE TOLL CALLS
OVER A MILLION MONTHLY. To handle well over a million toll calk every month is now a commonplace in connection with the Dominion’s telephone system. This means of quick communication is becoming more and more popular judging by the regularity with which th© million mark has been passed each month since November, 1935, when a total of 967,335 calls grew to 1,099,902 in the following month. As the use of the toll lines gives a fair index to activity in the commercial world, a comparison of the past six months’ figures with th© corresponding month of th© previous year affords evidence of increasingly prosperous conditions. The details of monthly toll calls are as follow :
The average expenditure per toll conversation works out a.t 10.3 d; _ a figure which has been steadily rising from year to year as the department’s improved facilities have enabled the range of long distance communication to be extended, until the whole of New Zealand i<* included within the scope of the telephone toll network, while the overseas radio telephone service makes its scope international.
1 1937 1936 July ... 1,143,548 1,012,994 August ... 1,148,422 1,035,022 September ... ... 1,111,460 ..... 1,180,638 1.012,163 October 1,096,838 November ... ... 1,209,546 1,079,157 December ... ... 1,341,514 1,245,030
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 77, 28 February 1938, Page 13
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