1 NOVEMBER 1935, Page 3

• • lc-Phone Progress increased use of the telephone that

has followed the reduction of eharges is abundant justification of the I?evy policy adopted by the Post Office. Shilling night-calls ,i,ave grown by 180 per cent.; and day calls by 12 per cent. iche reduction of rentals a year ago has led to the installa- rie'n of 200,000 additional telephones. These excellent ,esults would not have followed if the department had loot taken vigorous steps to cope with the new buiiness, ,paPng many new cables and speeding up the service. r:.11.e. mass-service principle at low prices has been so ,t4eeessful that it will be possible—Major Tryon tells us- .° make a further. reduction in day-time trunk charges a' ' soon as the programme of new main trunk lines is e °Inpleted. This is real public service.