INCREASE NOTED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 82, 7 April 1934, Page 10

INCREASE NOTED

TELEGRAPHIC CHARGES HOW NEW SCHEME WORKS COSTS RISE 20 PER CENT. [ Per Press Association. 1 WELLINGTON, April 6. The new telegraphic rates which came into operation a few days ago, have been responsible for an increase in the telegraphic bills of several AV ellington mercantile houses to the extent of 20 per cent. Although it is a little too early to obtain anything m the way of an accurate average figure, business opinion seems to be that the v.ew charges definitely mean an increase, notwithstanding the fact that local telegrams cost less to send today than under the old schedule of v ates. Une city business man expressed the opinion to-day that if discrimination was being made in the charges for telegrams according to the distance they had to be sent, he did not see why the same principle should not be applied to letters. It cost only Id to send a letter from Wellington to a half-mile post office or the northernmost portion of Canada. It seemed to him that the distance a telegram was sent made little difference to the actual handling charges, and the increased charges appeared to be unjustified,