TELEPHONE CHARGES
LONG DISTANCE CALLS The Secretary, General Post Office, advises that, commencing to-morrow, the sth instant, the charges for long distance telephone toll communications will be reduced and ‘the special half rate concession will take effect from 8 p.m. instead of 9 p.m., as at present. There will be no reduction on calls over distances not exceeding 150 miles. For calls over distances exceeding 150 miles the charge will be the same n_s at present up to the 150 mile point, anti beyond that point the charge will be reduced from 2d to Id for every 10 miles between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and from Id to 4d between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. Tho denartment flopes that the reductions will stimulate the use of the long distance toll lines.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12596, 5 November 1926, Page 6
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132TELEPHONE CHARGES New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12596, 5 November 1926, Page 6
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