✨ Telegraph Regulations
SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2121
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CABLE MESSAGES.
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Cable messages, namely, telegrams exchanged with International offices beyond the colony, are subject to the regulations of the International Telegraph Convention, the principal of which are published in the Guide.
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The office of destination of cable messages must be inserted in the instructions, as well as in the address, and be signalled accordingly.
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In counting the words in cable messages the total number of chargeable words, separated by a bar from and followed by the number of words in the instructions, must be entered and signalled under the head of “Words,” thus: A message to London of thirteen words, including the words of the address and signature, and containing the four words in the instructions “Urgent, London via Pacific,” would be signalled as “13/4.”
(1.) When no double words and no double groups of figures are included, the number of words should be indicated by one number only—that is, the total number of words and groups combined.
(2.) In plain telegrams containing words of over fifteen letters, or groups of more than five figures, and in code messages containing words of over ten letters or groups of more than five figures, indicate by the numerator of a fraction the total taxable number of words, and by the denominator the actual number of words and groups combined.
(3.) In Government cipher telegrams indicate by bars of division, first, the total number of taxable words; second, the plain and code words; and, third, the number of groups of letters or figures.
Compound words of ten letters and under, fairly pronounceable in any of the admitted languages may be accepted as one word in cable messages.
- Cable messages routed by the senders themselves are to be marked “Routed Extension,” or “Routed Pacific,” and are not to be diverted, except in the case of total or prolonged line interruptions, of which the senders should be advised when handing in messages. The messages routed by officers of the Department are to have “via Extension” or “via Pacific” inserted. These messages may be diverted in ordinary cases of line interruptions. It must be clearly understood that the
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NZ Gazette 1905, No 80
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