✨ Telephone Regulations
Sept. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2145
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TELEPHONE OFFICES AND BUREAUX.
245. No office may be opened or bureau established without the authority of the Secretary. The hours of attendance, and mode of delivery will, except where otherwise stated, be assumed to be ordinary and regular. Irregular delivery, or extraordinary hours, must be specifically authorised by the Secretary. When an office is ready to be opened, the Inspector of Telegraphs for the district in which it is situated will report in the following form to the Secretary and the Superintendent: “[Name] Telephone [or Telephone and bureau] ready to open. Telephonist [Name] is [or is not] Postmaster. Hours [9 to 10, 1 to 3]. Delivery [irregular].”
On the receipt of such notice the General Post Office will take the necessary steps to open the office.
246. If no salary is fixed before the office is opened, officers concerned should ask for instructions. As a general rule a minimum of £5 per annum will be paid for doing telephone work, but if, after the first six months, the business is found to warrant an increase, a salary based on the rate of 2d. per message will be allowed.
Before nominating any person as telephonist it should be ascertained if he is willing to provide the necessary accommodation free of charge, the fact being specially reported at the time of nomination.
247. Officers opening offices must see that all necessary stationery is supplied, and that full instructions are given as to the treatment of messages and the method of accounting, &c.
TELEPHONING TELEGRAMS.
248. All telegrams received on telephone circuits must be repeated back in full to the forwarding telephonist, who is responsible for the accurate transmission of messages; and all proper names and names of towns or places are to be spelt out letter by letter.
The following words must invariably be spelt over the telephone circuits:—
Chaff, Sharps, Two,
Inch, Three, Width.
249. The following equivalents for letters must be used when transmitting difficult or unfamiliar words, or words that bear a strong phonetic resemblance to others, and when working over faulty circuits:—
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NZ Gazette 1905, No 80
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