NEW TELEPHONE RATES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 8

NEW TELEPHONE RATES.

DEPARTMENTAL SATISFACTSON DEMAND FOR INSTRUMENTS. [B¥ TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORBE3PONEENT.| WELLINGTON. Wednesday. Following the criticism -.' levelled jat the new telephone rates in various parts of the Dominion, the : Postal Department has been watching the ; results of *he new rates closely, so far ■; as results 'may assert themselves within : a fortnight [ from their institution. ... * The, secretary 'to the Postal Department expressedv; his pleasure to-day ,at the results so far. -■' )The number of applications, for .telephone connection on hand at October 1," he said, "was 181. None have been cancelled. Applications are 1 coming in at the rate vof:; tenia* day : for new telephones. Since the beginning of this -month there have been 110 now connections,, as : against ; 66 telephones surrendered. >! Of the number given up only half a dozen may ,be traced to the effect of the new rates. ; The end of the half: year isusually a. convenient time for giving: up a. telephone, but the position may be judged by comparison , with the first month:;of .;=.the; last, half year, ; April, when there were: 53 telephones surrendered, «s against! 70 new connections. v Thus while for the; wlioloiof April :we'were 17 new subscribers ; -vUo;;>.:the..-;- : good, for the' first fortnight of October wo are 34 new sub- i scribei's to the good." •. " , j