✨ Money-Order Telegram Procedures
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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and intercolonial money-order telegrams drawn on telegraph money-order offices in the Commonwealth of Australia.
173. When an inland money-order telegram is issued for payment to a person not residing in the place where the order is payable, the words “Post” or “Carriage paid” must be inserted in the official instructions, as the case may be. (See Rules T. 14–18.)
174. The remitter of an inland money-order telegram may, on paying for the additional words required, have a private communication for the payee added to the official telegram of advice. He may also, if he so desires, prepay the cost of a telegraphic reply thereto. The private message, for which space is provided on the requisition form, must be written by the remitter, who need not necessarily add his name and address. (See Rule T. 175.) The private message must be detached from the requisition, and securely affixed to the forwarded money-order telegram, and handed in by an officer of the Department.
175. In the case of a money-order telegram made payable to the secretary of a racing club, to cover an investment on the totalisator, the accompanying private message must bear the remitter’s signature and address or office of origin; and it is imperative that the remitter’s instructions should be added to the money-order telegram, so that the remittance and relative instructions may reach the payee simultaneously.
176. Money-order telegrams may be sent “urgent” on payment of the specified fee; but, when a remitter’s private message is added, the fee must only be charged on the private message; no additional fee being charged on account of the official telegram of advice.
177. The 1s. collected for the money-order telegram and the scale of charges for the private message—viz., ordinary, 1d. per word with a minimum charge of 6d.; urgent, 2d. per word, minimum charge 1s.—must be affixed in stamps to the forwarded form. The commission charge is to be accounted for in the manner prescribed by the money-order regulations. The telegraph charges must be shown in the OT or UOT columns, as the case may be, on Form Acct. 210.
178. The code-word and amount in both inland and intercolonial money-order telegrams must be repeated in addition to the ordinary acknowledgment.
179. Money-order telegrams, when delayed by interruption, must be forwarded as “urgent” as soon as communication is restored.
To places not money-order offices.
Remitter may add private message and prepay cost of reply thereto.
When addressed to the Secretary of a racing club.
May be sent “urgent.”
Charges.
Code-word and amount to be repeated.
Sent as “urgent” after line interruptions.
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