✨ Telegraph Regulations Penalties
Sept. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2177
85
Counting of telegrams, Careless ... ... ... 0 1 0
Date-stamping telegrams, Neglect or carelessness in ... 0 0 6
Delivery of a telegram, Delaying ... ... ... 0 1 0
Disconnecting wires or changing office-connections without authority ... ... ... ... 0 5 0
Earthing line in order to work with a distant office without informing the offices cut of circuit thereby .. 0 5 0
Earthing line, to take undue possession of circuit ... 0 10 0
Earth peg, Neglecting to remove ... ... ... 0 5 0
Figures and doubtful words, Neglecting to repeat or to obtain repetition of ... ... ... 0 1 0
Improper, insolent, or insulting language, Making use of, on line ... ... ... ... 0 5 0
Initial a telegram as examined, Omitting to ... ... 0 5 0
Inattention to station-call ... ... ... ... 0 2 6
Instrument-room, Entering, while off duty ... ... 0 2 6
Interruptions of communication, Neglecting in cases of, to post telegrams to the office most convenient for telegraphing them ... ... ... .. 0 2 6
Messengers loitering while on duty ... ... ... 0 0 6
Messengers neglecting to complete their delivery statements ... ... ... ... 0 0 3
MTs, WTs, and mail-notices, Neglecting to post on the board ... ... ... ... 0 1 0
Midnight cable messages, Inattention to ... ... 0 5 0
Neglect or delay in forwarding a telegram, a fine of not less than the value of the same, up to ... ... 0 5 0
Name of office, Omitting to write, on telegrams ... 0 0 6
Quarrelling on the wire, or otherwise obstructing work, or not exercising due patience when working with cadets ... ... ... ... 0 5 0
Repetition, Failure to obtain correct ... ... ... 0 1 0
Sending telegrams, Carelessness when ... ... 0 1 0
Service telegrams, Inattention to ... ... ... 0 2 6
Smoking in office before prescribed hours ... ... 0 2 6
Stop an office, Neglecting to ... ... ... 0 1 0
Time a telegram as sent, Omitting to ... ... 0 1 0
Time, Neglecting to acknowledge, at 9 a.m. ... ... 0 2 6
Time on telegrams, Omitting to write “a.m.” or “p.m.” after, or writing “a.m.” for “p.m.,” and vice versâ ... 0 0 6
Time sent or received, Neglect or failure to complete ... 0 2 6
Transmit telegrams, Refusing to ... ... ... 0 10 0
Undue possession of circuit, Taking ... ... ... 0 2 6
Urgent, Sending as, and so giving preference to an ST without sufficient cause ... ... ... 0 2 6
Urgent telegram, Failure to mark or stamp an ... 0 0 6
Urgent telegram, Receiving an, without at once acquainting the distributor or Officer in Charge ... ... 0 1 0
“Wait,” Giving, on being offered anything of the code “Urgent” ... ... ... ... 0 2 0
Words signalled, Neglecting to count number of ... 0 1 0
Wrongly addressing an envelope containing a telegram ... 0 1 0
Other offences, or a frequent commission of those enumerated, will be specially dealt with.
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