New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 80

Page 2129

✨ Telegraph Regulations



SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2129

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Minister a telegram coded “Memo.” with “Reply to memo.” in the instructions. If the Minister merely asks for a reply, the reply telegram should be sent “Collect.” In no case should such telegrams be coded GVM. The officer should satisfy himself that the reply is entitled to be sent as “Reply to memo.” (See Rule T. 217.)

  1. All “Reply to memo.” telegrams addressed to Disposal. Ministers from the public, including transmits, are to be posted to the Minister to whom the replies are addressed, in the same manner as is done with telegraph memoranda from Ministers. (See Rule T. 158.)

  2. Information from a Minister’s Private Secretary Private Secretaries. notifying his movements, or in case of illness his state of health, but no other matter, may be sent by wire as telegraph memoranda to a member of his family.

  3. In order that unnecessary readdressing of telegrams Officers to advise each other of the movements of His Excel- lency or Minis- ters of the Crown. for His Excellency the Governor or Ministers of the Crown may be avoided, Officers in Charge and Postmasters must keep each other informed of the movements of His Excellency or of Ministers when travelling. Advice of the last place from and the next place to which His Excellency or Ministers may have come or be going will generally suffice, but in every case the Officer in Charge, Wellington, must be apprised.

TELEGRAMS FORWARDED BY MEMBERS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

  1. Members of the General Assembly may send telegrams at the rates shown in the Guide.

  2. Each message must be charged for separately. Multiple. “Multiple MGA” telegrams are not permitted.

  3. The initials “MGA” must be inserted in the space Instructions. provided for instructions on the forwarded form, but need only be included in the “check” and signalled in the case of “collects.”

  4. “Urgent” messages are not to be accepted for a “Urgents.” charge equalling double the “MGA” rate.

  5. “Collect” telegrams from members of the General “Collects.” Assembly must have the instruction “MGA collect” inserted, and must be charged for accordingly.

MONEY-ORDER TELEGRAMS.

  1. Money-order telegrams are issued by Postmasters in MOTs. and IMOTs. charge of money-order offices for transmission to telegraph-offices in New Zealand where there are money-order offices,


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Handling Procedures for Ministerial Telegrams (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Ministerial telegrams, Governor communications, Reply to memo, Private Secretaries, Officer coordination, Message forwarding

🚂 Telegraph Regulations for General Assembly Members

🚂 Transport & Communications
General Assembly, Telegraph rates, Multiple messages, Urgent messages, Collect telegrams, MGA instructions

🚂 Money-Order Telegram Procedures

🚂 Transport & Communications
Money-order telegrams, Postmasters, Telegraph offices, MOTs, IMOTs