✨ Telecommunications Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(1.) On main circuits: From 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m., except
during the session of Parliament, when short tele-
grams from Wellington, not exceeding 150 words,
may be sent up to 4.30 p.m.
(2.) On country circuits: From 9 to 10 a.m., and noon to
3 p.m., except during the session of Parliament,
when short telegrams, not exceeding 150 words, may
be sent up to 4.30 p.m. PTs are not necessarily
to be excluded between 10 a.m. and noon.
Transmission.
197. Every facility and despatch must be given to the
transmission of afternoon Press telegrams, but the circulation
of ordinary telegrams with prior time must not be so impeded
as to render them useless to the senders and receivers. Officers
engaged in the transmission of long Press telegrams must
give up possession of the wire when required for the disposal
of ordinary work. This, however, is one of those matters
which, with good management and forethought on the part of
Officers in Charge of central or transmitting offices, may be dis-
posed of in such a way as to prevent any cause for complaint.
For evening
newspapers at
night.
198. Press telegrams addressed to evening newspapers at
night by the United Press Association must be received and
transmitted, but the copies are to be retained and not delivered
till the office opens next morning.
This instruction does not apply to telegrams marked “Ex-
traordinary,” or to brief telegrams usually received early in the
evening containing news of racing and field sports, which are
evidently meant for immediate use.
Sundays and
holidays.
199. Press telegrams must not be transmitted during
morning attendance on Sundays. Such messages, if lodged in
late boxes, or presented, are to be held over until the office
reopens in the evening. For conditions under which Press
telegrams for evening papers are accepted on Sundays, see Guide.
Press telegrams for weekly papers must not be accepted on
Sundays. On Press telegrams presented on holidays the
names of the offices which do not open on holidays are to
be erased, unless otherwise instructed by the senders, instead
of the telegrams being accepted and telegraphed the following
day or to the furthest practicable point the same day.
Rates on
telegrams
presented in
parts.
200. A Press telegram forwarded in parts presented for
transmission subsequently to each other during a period in
which the rates increase is to be treated as consisting of as
many separate telegrams as there are different rates in the
period, and each is to be charged at the rate applicable to the
time of its presentation.
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