RADIOTELEPHONE SERVICE
REDUCED CHARGES DURING HOLIDAYS .’ i ■ •* ■ ••• v" During the Christinas and New Year period overseas radio-telephone charges will be reduced, states the PostmasterGeneral (the Hon. F. Jones). By arrangement between the Post Office administrations of the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand .the charges for calls are to be reduced as under between :23rd December and 4th January, inclusive:— : - Australia, 3 minutes, £1 10s, each additional minute, 10s; United Kingdom, 3 minutes, £4,' each additional minute £1 6s 8d; Irish Free State and Europe: Same as to the United Kingdom, plus the usual full-rate charges from London onwards. '.... The reduced charges will not apply on Christmas Day to calls other than those to Australia. The usual charges for _ three-minute conversations to the United Kingdom and Australia are £5 2s and £2 5s respectively. As in the case of the reduced charges which applied on the occasion of His Majesty’s Silver Jubilee, it is anticipated that the concession will cause a substantial increase in the number of overseas calls.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 19 December 1935, Page 13
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169RADIOTELEPHONE SERVICE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 19 December 1935, Page 13
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