Saturday August 11th, 1923
PROPOSED TELEPHONE FACILITIES
A public meeting of parishioners was held in the Parish Hall on Friday to consider the need of establishing a telephone call office at the Post Office. Mr. R. Ripley (chairman of the Parish Council) presided, and letters were read which showed that the cost of establishing a call office in the village would be a matter of £11 1s. per annum, with a guarantee of seven years, less the fees credited for calls. A fair amount of discussion took place on the subject, the Chairman stating that, in case it was necessary to levy a rate on the parish for the amount, it would only come to about a 1d. rate. – Mr. Morphy, whilst giving the object of the meeting his support, objected to the same being established at the cost of the ratepayers, whose rates were quite heavy enough at present without any addition, and said in all probability the people who paid the highest rates would have the least call for using the telephone. – Mr. W. H. Hall was of the opinion that a telephone was a necessity in the place. There was no doctor living in the village, and in case of urgency the telephone was required, besides being of value in many other ways. – The Chairman and others were of the same opinion, the former stating that no doubt when people in the parish found the value of a telephone they would soon pay the amount required in calls. – It was decided, on a vote being taken, to ask for a telephone call office to be established in the Post Office. The meeting also discussed the proposed new county rate basis, and this being considered satisfactory it was adopted. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting.
PROPOSED TELEPHONE FACILITIES
A public meeting of parishioners was held in the Parish Hall on Friday to consider the need of establishing a telephone call office at the Post Office. Mr. R. Ripley (chairman of the Parish Council) presided, and letters were read which showed that the cost of establishing a call office in the village would be a matter of £11 1s. per annum, with a guarantee of seven years, less the fees credited for calls. A fair amount of discussion took place on the subject, the Chairman stating that, in case it was necessary to levy a rate on the parish for the amount, it would only come to about a 1d. rate. – Mr. Morphy, whilst giving the object of the meeting his support, objected to the same being established at the cost of the ratepayers, whose rates were quite heavy enough at present without any addition, and said in all probability the people who paid the highest rates would have the least call for using the telephone. – Mr. W. H. Hall was of the opinion that a telephone was a necessity in the place. There was no doctor living in the village, and in case of urgency the telephone was required, besides being of value in many other ways. – The Chairman and others were of the same opinion, the former stating that no doubt when people in the parish found the value of a telephone they would soon pay the amount required in calls. – It was decided, on a vote being taken, to ask for a telephone call office to be established in the Post Office. The meeting also discussed the proposed new county rate basis, and this being considered satisfactory it was adopted. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting.
