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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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of such posted telegrams must be kept at the telegraph counter.
Orders posted to be registered.
185. If it be necessary to post an order, it must be registered free of charge.
Unclaimed.
186. Unclaimed money-order telegrams are to be treated in all respects as unclaimed registered letters.
Transfer of repayment.
187. When a telegram is presented for transmission applying for the transfer or repayment of a money-order telegram, the signature of the applicant, who must be either the remitter or payee, must be obtained upon the message-form, and the word “Verified” written in the instructions and signalled. A telegram so indorsed may be dealt with in the same way as an ordinary written request, and its production will entitle the Postmaster to whom it is addressed to obtain the order referred to from the telegraph-office.
IMOTs.
188. Special forms are issued for intercolonial money-order telegrams. Each must contain an appropriate code-word. The following formula indicates the matter which should be signalled :—
Name of paying office, say ... Sydney ... 1
Code-word ... ... Axis ... 1
Number of order ... ... 742 ... 1
Payee’s name (Christian and surname) ... ... Henry Johns 2
Amount of order ... ... Five pounds... 2
Remitter’s name (surname only) ... Jones ... 1
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Total number of words in above specimen ... 8
In the event of the amount containing shillings and pence the number of words will, of course, be increased by the number of words necessary to indicate the fact; but where the order is for pounds only, and the payee’s Christian name consists of one word only, the total number of chargeable words will be as indicated.
In other respects IMOTs will be governed by the rules applicable to MOTs.
SAVINGS-BANK TELEGRAMS.
Note.
189. Telegrams on Savings-bank business must be coded SBT, and be transmitted in the same order and subject to the same conditions as telegrams prefixed GVM, MOT, &c. The text should be transmitted as indicated on the form presented by the Postmaster, and the telegram taken off on the ordinary “C” form.
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsMoney-order telegrams, Carriage charges, Terminal office procedures, Countersigning, Delivery receipts, Proof of identity, Red ink indorsement, Registration, Unclaimed items, Signature verification, Intercolonial forms, Code-words, Savings-bank telegrams