TELEPHONE CHARGES.
CALCULATION OF LOSSES.
SOUTHERN VIEW ENDORSED.
Telephone matters were discussed yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon. The president, Mr. H. W. Hudson, presided. Mr Hudson said the matter had been gone into fully by the Canterbury Progress League, which maintained that the Government had not set aboul to prove the loss on telephones in the right way. Another complaint was tfia'o the losses were worked out on the most unprofitable year, the period ended March 31, 1922, when salaries, wages, and materials were at their highest. Since then, there had been a 10 per • cent, decrease in wages and a much greater one in the cost of materials. Moreover, the Telegraph Department had been credited with the profits on bureau calls, part of which money should have been included in the Telephone Department: receipts. In view of these and other arguments, the league did not consider the' proposed advance in charges was justified. The meeting decided to endorse the arguments of the league. Speakers referred in eulogistic terms to the way in which the department had made all possible information available.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18373, 13 April 1923, Page 8
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