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exclusive use on line duty. These horses are to be well cared for in every respect, and kept ready for instant use at all times on the shortest notice. On no account may linemen lend their horses to any one, or use them for private purposes. By so doing they will render themselves liable to severe fine or dismissal. When not working the line-horses should receive only two feeds of oats per day, and should be exercised by the lineman daily for one hour, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Horse-feed.
360. Linemen must keep at least one month’s horse-feed on hand; and at offices difficult of access by road three or six months’ stock must be laid in at the approach of winter. It must be kept locked up, and the key must remain in the lineman’s possession, who is responsible for all horse-feed.
Duties.
361. When linemen are not employed at line-work, batteries, &c., their services may be utilised by the Postmaster or Officer in Charge for any official duties that may be necessary.
Delivery of telegrams and other work.
362. Officers in Charge at offices where linemen are stationed and where no messengers have been appointed will utilise the services of the linemen in delivering telegrams within the limits of free delivery, and not leave the office themselves under any circumstances during office-hours, except when the linemen are absent on line duty. A lineman refusing to deliver telegrams when requested to do so, or to perform any other duty consistently with his other duties, will, upon being reported, be liable to a heavy fine, and on repetition of the offence to instant dismissal.
Leave of absence.
363. Linemen applying for leave of absence must forward their applications through their District Inspector. This rule is applicable to all linemen, no matter what other official position they may hold; but when linemen are in charge of combined offices notice must also be sent to the Secretary.
Knowledge of section.
364. Linemen are expected to make themselves acquainted with the numbers and positions of all the wires leaving each office on their section, and also at every part of the section.
MESSENGERS.
Letter-carriers, post-office and telegraph messengers.
365. Fatherless boys are to be given preference over boys whose parents are alive in the making of appointments to the position of telegraph messenger. Such boys must of course be qualified. Otherwise in the selection of telegraph messengers, preference should always be given to youths who have passed the Sixth Standard at a public school. For the office of letter-carrier or post-office messenger, preference should be given to telegraph messengers.
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NZ Gazette 1905, No 80
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Regulations for Telegraph and Telephone Services - Linemen Duties and Reporting Procedures
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsTelegraph, Telephone, Regulations, Linemen, Horse care, Horse-feed, Line maintenance, Official duties, Telegram delivery, Leave of absence, Section knowledge
👷 Appointment Preferences for Telegraph Messengers and Letter-Carriers
👷 Labour & EmploymentTelegraph messengers, Letter-carriers, Post-office messengers, Appointment preferences, Fatherless boys, Sixth Standard, Public school, Youth employment