✨ Telegraph Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Waste of forms.
4. Officers must prevent “A” telegram forms being wastefully or improperly used by the public. Blank “B” and “C” forms and telegraph envelopes must on no account be removed from the office, or handed to the public, and they must be kept in such a place that the public cannot obtain or use them. “A” forms stamped with the name of the office of origin must not be supplied to the public.
MANNER OF WRITING TELEGRAMS.
Forms stamped with name of station.
5. Officers are forbidden to write out telegrams for the public unless the senders are unable to write.
Writing telegrams for public.
6. Telegrams should be written on the form supplied by the Department, or an approved form, but when the regular form cannot be obtained may be written on a piece of paper. This must not be destroyed or copied, but gummed to an “A” form.
Forms to be used.
7. Interlineations, erasures, or alterations must be authenticated by the initials of the sender or his representative. (See Rule T. 33.)
Erasures, &c., to be authenticated.
8. Instructions as to delivery, or any other directions, must be written by the sender in the space provided for the purpose. Oral instructions cannot be accepted.
Oral instructions not allowed.
9. When it is not desired that the sender’s signature shall be telegraphed, the telegram must be indorsed by the sender, and may then be transmitted without a signature, or with a nom de plume, but the addressee may have the full signature telegraphed by paying for the necessary telegrams, or at originating stations may be shown the original.
Sender’s signature.
TARIFF AND CHARGES.
Alterations in charges.
10. The charges for transmission appear in the Guide. Alterations will be advised by ST, or through the Official Circular, when the Guide and posters must be corrected accordingly.
Receipts for charges.
11. Receipts may be given senders for charges paid for inland telegrams at a fee of 2d. each. (For cables, see Rule T. 126.)
Refund of unexpended deposit.
12. Unexpended deposits may be refunded without reference to the Accountant, provided the relative messages have not been despatched to the Clearing-room. The form to which the charge refunded is affixed must be inscribed with (1) amount due to claimant, (2) date of repayment, (3) initials of officer responsible for the transaction, and be indorsed with the
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