TELEPHONE BAN.
R4GHTS OF LANDLORDS. A landlord in Britain has the right to forbid a tenant to instal a telephone and to order its removal if he already has one, it was stated at the office of the Superintendent Engineer of the General Post Office Engineering Department, recently. This anomally is due to an old Act—the Telegraph Act of 1863—which gives a landlord legal rights against the Post-master-General in requiring the removal of telephone apparatus involving exterior fittings. " Cases of the right being exercised are fortunately rare," it was stated. " When the Post 'Office instals a telephone in a subscriber's premises, they expect the tenant-subscriber to get any ' wayleave ' that may be necessary in those premises. Generally speaking, a landlord is ready to facilitate the installation of telephones by his tenants." Wireless sets are in a different category—if the set is run on an indoor aerial. The landlord's rights in thjs matter apply only to fittings on the exterior of the property. A tenant may place what fittings he pleases inside the house, provided Tie does no damage.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21130, 12 March 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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178TELEPHONE BAN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21130, 12 March 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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