✨ Telegraph Regulations
Sept. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2095
Reissuing Telegraph Rules and Regulations for the Guidance
of Officers.
PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of August, 1905.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twelfth day
of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
six, regulations were made under the authority of “The
Post Office Act, 1881,” and “The Electric Lines Act, 1884,”
respectively, for the conduct of officers of the Post and
Telegraph Department in the Civil Service of the Colony of
New Zealand, and it is desirable to revoke such regulations
in part, and to make others in lieu of such part:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The
Electric Lines Act, 1884,” and of all other powers and
authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said colony, doth hereby revoke and annul so much of the
regulations made under the hereinbefore-mentioned Order
in Council as prescribes rules of conduct to officers of the
said Department engaged in the performance of telegraphic
duties, and in lieu thereof doth order and declare that the
regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto shall be the
regulations for the conduct of such officers; and doth
further order and declare that such regulations shall take
effect on and from the date of publication thereof in the
New Zealand Gazette.
SCHEDULE.
CODE PREFIXES.
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The following list of the codes prefixed to telegrams is
arranged in the order of precedence accorded to them re-
spectively:— -
DR. Danger.—Only to be used to prevent imminent acci-
dent. It will take instant possession of the line, no
matter how engaged. -
TR. Train-running.—Used for train-running purposes only.
Railway officers may only employ the TR prefix for
matters of paramount urgency. -
ULT. Urgent line telegram.—Only to be used by officers
when communicating with the Superintendent of
Electric Lines, the General Manager of Railways,
Inspectors of Telegraphs, and Officers in Charge
acting in the absence of Inspectors, respecting faults
or interruptions occurring to telegraph-lines. Not
to be used for unimportant telegrams concerning
the lines, which should be coded ST. -
“Take precedence.”—Only to be used by His Excel-
lency the Governor and Ministers of the Crown, or
by others when specially directed by Ministers. -
Government cable messages.
-
UST. Urgent service telegram.—Only to be used in cases of
urgency. -
UGVM. Urgent Government telegram.
-
URT. Urgent railway telegram.
-
ST. Rectifying service telegram, relative to suspected error
in cable message. (See also No. 24.) -
UCT. Urgent cancelling or correcting telegram; also used
when obtaining inland repetitions. -
UOT. Urgent ordinary telegrams.—Used for telegrams pre-
sented by the public and paid for at double the
ordinary rates. -
USBT. Urgent Savings-bank telegram.
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