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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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transmitted on Sundays. When the Sunday rate has been paid, or is to be collected, the words “Sunday rate” must be inserted in the instructions, and such telegrams duly transmitted. This instruction does not apply to telegrams between chief offices, or “Extra fee” telegrams.
Counter officers must explain these restrictions to senders.
AFTER ORDINARY HOURS.
48. When an officer is called upon to forward, after hours, a telegram relating to sickness, death, or other matter of an important nature, to an office which is not closed for public business, such telegram will be liable to the special conditions and charges set forth in the Guide. When forwarded after the hour of closing the forwarding station, the fee of 2s. 6d. payable to the forwarding operator is to be retained; while the fee of 2s. is, when payable to the receiving operator, to be affixed in stamps to the “A” form as part of the value of the telegram. The receiving operator will claim for the amount as carriage paid out. No fee will be paid to transmitting officers. Such telegrams must bear the instruction “Extra fee.”
Officers may forward “Extra fee” telegrams without additional charge when no undue inconvenience is occasioned. The fee of 2s. 6d. for the forwarding operator and 2s. for the receiver must not be charged before 8 p.m.
49. When telegrams for 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. stations are tendered at offices remaining open beyond those hours, senders should be recommended to deposit them in the letter-box, to be treated as telegrams lodged at the opening of the office next day; but should they be accepted, they must be timed, numbered, and included with the work of the day of presentation, and transmitted the same night to the furthest point practicable. This rule is not intended to encourage the acceptance of telegrams out of office-hours.
When such telegrams are necessarily held over, the words “of yesterday”, or, “of Saturday”, as the case may require, must be added to the code-time. (For GVMs, see Rule T. 219.)
50. When the use of a wire is granted to a chess club no charge is to be made unless the Department provides accommodation for the players, when 2s. 6d. should be collected for light and fuel. Payment of fees in such cases must be made in advance and notified to the Accountant. Should no amount be collectible, or a match be abandoned or postponed, the
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