MILLIONS OF MESSAGES.
TE LEG RAMS AND TOLL CALLS. Over three million telegrams were handled by the Post and Telegraph Department during the nine months of the current financial year ended December 31st. This figiirc represents an increase of 9.68 per cent, over the business for the corresponding period oi the .previous year. The .revenue total has not advanced proportionately, owing to concessions in charges which were made during the period, notably that of the 6d minimum for telegrams, the advance under this heading having been 4.0 per cent., representing £7,601. Telephonp toll traffic is growing to impressive proportions, the number ol calls handled during the nine months ended 31st December reaching a total of 8,195,788, an increase of 14.9 per cent., representing an additional 1,063,699 calls. The increase in revenue, as in the case of telegrams, is not exactly in line with the extra business for the same reason. It amounted to 12.5 per cent., or £40,567.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13179, 11 February 1936, Page 2
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