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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the entry of the amount as a Telegraph credit. The Officer in Charge of the delivering office must exercise some discretion in the matter of expenditure for carriage when it is not specially authorised by the office of origin.
222. In order to check abuse of the wires, officers must challenge doubtful Government telegrams, or apparent misuse of the DR, TR, or URT codes, particularly those sent on matters which might be dealt with by post. Clerks of Courts and constables who are authorised to frank should not be permitted to send franked telegrams on the business of private suitors, such, for instance, as the service of summonses or other matters not connected with the public service. A copy of each doubtful message must, after being treated strictly as its code indicates, be submitted to the Secretary, together with the reasons for challenging it. A fine of 5s. is recoverable from every person making improper or unnecessary use of the wires.
223. Unimportant Government telegrams which evidently should be sent as opportunity offers, and therefore should bear the instruction “GAP,” must be challenged through the Secretary when that instruction is omitted. They must not be detained, but copies should be taken.
SERVICE TELEGRAMS.
224. Service telegrams must only be used by officers on the business of the Department. When communicating with or on business of other Departments the telegrams must either be prepaid or coded, and sent as GVMs.
In cases in which the addressee of a Government or cable message has left without recording his new address, the Officer in Charge may inquire by ST if the message can be delivered if redirected.
225. Service telegrams must not be sent for copies of telegrams applied for which at the time of application have not left the office of origin. (See Rules T. 238 and 281.)
226. In all service telegrams relating to telegrams the number and address of each telegram must be quoted, and the name of the sending and receiving offices written and signalled in full. Every service telegram must be date-stamped, and all forwarded STs must show the handed-in time, which need not be transmitted.
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