✨ Telegraph Regulations
Sept. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2109
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completion and acknowledgment of a telegram of later time than his own, he will immediately break in, quote his time, and give his code-call; he will then have a right to the wire, and, excepting for “urgents,” may not be dispossessed until he has completed and received acknowledgment of his telegram.
- No officer may at any time interrupt the working of the line by holding down the key. Holding key.
Disputes between officers as to the possession of the line are forbidden. Any operator disputing will be severely dealt with. All such occurrences must be reported to the Secretary, with corroborative evidence whenever possible. Disputes forbidden.
- Should an office be engaged when called, the operator must immediately give the signal “Wait,” with the number of minutes he is likely to be engaged. Should a telegram coded “urgent” be offered in the interim it must be taken at once. Engaged office and “urgent” telegrams.
When an operator, after offering the “urgent” code, receives the signal “Wait —— minutes,” he must cease calling until the other office calls him, or the time for which “Wait” was given has expired, when he must call again, and so until the work is cleared. Any inattention to call or any delays following the “Wait” signal must be reported to the Accountant, and a memorandum of the “waits” and any other remarks made on the front of the forms. Signalling “Wait.”
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When two offices are engaged in the transmission of telegrams, each office will send one and receive one alternately until both are clear, unless there is more than one wire available, or the working of the one wire is otherwise arranged by the Officers in Charge. If the “time” of one of the offices is in arrear, that office may retain the wire until “time” is even. Order of clearing work.
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The preamble of every telegram must be signalled in the following order:— Order of signalling.
(a.) Code.
(b.) Handed-in time.
(c.) Number.
(d.) Office of origin in full.
(e.) Instructions.
(f.) Words.
If the telegram is for retransmission the letter X must first be signalled to indicate that Form B is to be used. This signal, however, must not be written on the form. Telegrams for retransmission.
Every word or figure in a telegram is to be signalled exactly as written, without abbreviation or addition, except in the case of obvious mis-spelling, where discretion is allowed. To be signalled as written except in case of obvious mis-spelling.
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