1790
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

PRESS TELEGRAMS—continued.

WEEK-DAYS—continued.

(7.) Ordinary .. | 11 pm to midnight | .. | .. | 0 8 | 0 8 | At offices open until midnight and at others if kept open by special arrangement.
(8.) Ordinary .. | After midnight | .. | .. | 1 0 | 1 0 | If kept open by special arrangement.
(9.) Parliamentary reports from Wellington | 11 pm to 1 am | .. | .. | 0 6 | 0 6 | These telegrams must contain “PR” in the instructions.
| 1 am to 2 am | .. | .. | 0 8 | 0 8 |

SUNDAYS.

(10.) Ordinary .. | 5 pm to 5.30 pm | .. | .. | 0 8 | 1 0 | The evening-paper rate only applies to offices which remain open until midnight on week-days.
(11.) " .. | After 5.30 pm .. | .. | .. | 1 0 | .. | If kept open by special arrangement by or on behalf of a morning paper, or by the United Press Association.
(12.) News of events which occur between the time of closing the telegraph-office on Saturday night and its closing on Sunday | 5 pm to 5.30 pm | .. | .. | .. | 1 0 | Any one evening newspaper may not receive more than 300 words. This rate only applies to those offices which do not remain open until midnight on week-days.

HOLIDAYS (STATUTORY).*

(13.) Ordinary .. | 9 am to 4 pm .. | 6 | 0½ | .. | 1 0 |
(14.) " .. | 7 pm to 11 pm | .. | .. | 0 6 | 0 6 |
(15.) " .. | 11 pm to midnight | .. | .. | 0 8 | 0 8 |

NOTE.—No charge is made for address and signature up to six words. In assessing the total amount due, fractions of a penny are reckoned as one penny. For rates and conditions under which offices are specially reopened for transmission of Press telegrams, see below. Evening newspapers are newspapers published after noon and before 5 p.m.

• New Year’s Day, Easter Monday, the birthdays of the King and the Prince of Wales, and Boxing Day, or any days substituted therefor. On Good Friday and Christmas Day (Sundays for purposes of attendance) holiday rates are charged.

CHARGES WHEN OFFICE REOPENED BY SPECIAL REQUEST.

Individual Rate.

Press messages lodged by or on behalf of individual persons or newspapers at a telegraph-office, specially reopened after the usual closing hour, are charged as under:—
At the rate of 2s. per 100 words up to 1,000 words, the minimum collections on account of messages presented by any one person to aggregate 7s. 6d.
For every additional 100 after the first 1,000 words, at the rate of 6d. per 100 words or fraction thereof.

Press Association Rate.

Messages lodged and forwarded on behalf of the United Press Association are liable to the following charges:—
At the rate of 6d. per 100 words or fraction thereof, together with a fee of 7s. 6d. for reopening the office, and all charges in respect of overtime at offices other than the original forwarding office.
The additional payment to be made in all cases by the applicant.
At least six hours’ notice should be given the General Post Office, Wellington, of the desire to have an office specially reopened for Press news.

CHARGES FOR PRESS TELEGRAMS RELATING TO EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS, ETC.

Press telegrams containing intelligence of extraordinary events, such as collisions, wrecks, large fires, explosions, &c., may be accepted for transmission between offices open for the midnight cable service, after those offices are closed for the receipt of other Press messages, on the following conditions:—
No message may exceed 100 words.
The fee of 1s. to be charged for each message.
The Officer in Charge may refuse to accept any such message which in his opinion does not contain news of an urgent nature.
These messages not to be permitted to interfere with or delay the transmission of the midnight cable news.

Telegrams forwarded by Members of General Assembly.

Members of the General Assembly may send telegrams at the following rates, viz.:—

For the first thirty-six words or any fraction thereof, including address and signature ... ... ... ... ... s. d.
For every four words or fraction of four words after the first thirty-six words ... ... ... ... ... 0 1