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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Unclaimed telegrams.
closed in the Telegraph Statement rendered on Form Acct. 210. The envelope of each such telegram must bear an indorsement indicating the cause of non-delivery, and must be impressed with the date-stamp of the day on which it is returned, and the words “Undelivered telegram” must be written in a conspicuous place on the cover on which it is sent up.
Cable messages are treated differently (see Rule T. 131).
Inland telegrams addressed to a telegraph-office (not being money-order telegrams) remaining unclaimed at the end of one calendar month, exclusive of that in which they were received, are to be marked “Unclaimed,” in red ink, and sent to the Dead Letter Office.
REDIRECTION.
Second charge.
100. Redirected telegrams are liable to a second charge for transmission (for amount see Guide). Applications for the redirection of telegrams may be made in writing, or by prepaid telegram, signed by the addressee or his agent. In the case of applications by telegram, the word “Verified” must appear in the instructions, and any telegram so indorsed may be dealt with by the Officer in Charge to whom it is addressed in the same way as an ordinary written request.
To be affixed to an “A” form.
101. In redirecting telegrams, the received under-copy must be affixed to an “A” form, the previous address deleted, the new address inserted, and the name of the office of origin added after the signature, and charged for. The telegram must then be numbered and, unless prepaid, have the words “Readdressed, collect” entered in the instructions.
Redirected “Collect.”
102. When a “collect” telegram is readdressed, the total amount to be collected must be signalled forward, in the instructions, and the top, or office, copy superscribed “Readdressed to ———— ” before being sent to the Clearing-room.
Redirected Urgent.”
103. The charge for readdressing an urgent telegram is the same as for an urgent telegram. It must be coded as “Urgent re-addressed,” unless otherwise directed by the person authorising the redirection.
For the Governor, Ministers of the Crown, or Government officers.
104. Telegrams for the Governor, Ministers of the Crown, or Government officers absent on duty are not liable to redirection fees, and need not necessarily be coded “urgent” when transmitted after ordinary hours. Such redirected telegrams must show in the instructions the name of office of origin, whether the original telegram was “prepaid” or “collect,”
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