§ 57. Mr. DAYasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that certain telephone subscribers who have auto- 1010 matic boxes attached to their telephone, insist upon the public paying 4d. for each telephone call; and whether there are any conditions laid down by his Department governing the charges which should be made to the public in granting automatic box facilities?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONSubscribers who allow the public the use of their telephone are bound under their agreements for telephone service to collect a sum not less than that chargeable for a message made from a public call office, but apart from this there is no restriction as to the charge which they may make. I am aware that some subscribers make an additional charge in order to recoup themselves for the expense to which they claim that they are put.