TOLL CALLS
CONCESSIONS PROVE POPULAR (By Tolcgraph—Special to “The Mail") WELLINGTON, This Day. “The concessions given to telephone subscribers in October last in the matter of cheaper toll calls,” stated the Postmaster-General, the Hon. Adam Hamilton to-day, “have as was expected brought forward in the evening the normal traffic load of toll calls. Telephone subscribers have undoubtedly taken full advantage of the concessions. This is strikingly illustrated in the fob lowing table which shows the variations that have taken place in the traffic load between 6 and 9 p.m. : Per cent. Between 6 and 7 p.m. ... Increase 118 Between 7 and 8 p.m. ... Increase 78 Between 8 and 9 p.m. ... Decrease 26 “Notwithstanding these gratifying results no further concession in this direction would be possible without heavy capital expenditure which would make the half-rate unpayable. But,” added the Minister, “an examination is proceeding with a view to bringing forward the quarter rate period from 11 p.m. to say l 0 p.m. This concession operates with a minimum of 4d per call and a maximum of Is 6d for communication from Island to Island, and already has done much to popularise the toil service for long distance calls of a personal nature which otherwise would not be made.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 29 June 1935, Page 6
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207TOLL CALLS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 29 June 1935, Page 6
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