RADIO TELEPHONE.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19662, 23 August 1935, Page 10

RADIO TELEPHONE.

ITS INCREASING USE. The King’s Silver .lubilec eonees•sion of r>o per ceni. mlurlion in the rales for radio-telephone conversalions between -New Zealand and the Uniled Kingdom caused a marked increase in I lie Iraflie. -New Zealanders in pedicular showed enterprise in hiking advantage of the opportunity, and the good effect of the slimufus given during the concession perior is slid being shown. When the half-rate concession ended a permanent reduction was made lo las per minute between New Zealand and Auslralia and ,U lis pel minute between New Zealand and tin Uniled Kingdom, with good results (lie number of calls last, duly totalling ii I, compared with dl for duly of tin previous year. During the lirsf seven months of Ibis year radio calls numbered th’di. and when there are »•> more the full total for l'.b'ii will be reached. The iiise of the radio telephone for overseas communication is not conlined to the four centres. The current- year's traffic included calls which originated from Te Aroha, ltolorua, Timaru, Levin, Hastings, r.reynioutli and .Maslerloii.