✨ Table of Press Telegram Rates
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30
| Class of News. | Hours. | WEEK-DAYS. |
|---|---|---|
| (1.) Ordinary (see 1A) | 8 am to 5 pm .. | 6d. for first 12 words ; ½d. each additional word. |
| Morning Papers. | ||
| 12 Words. | ||
| (1A.) Ordinary (on day of publication only) | 8 am to 5 pm.. | .. |
| (2.) News received by the San Francisco mail-steamer | 8 am to 5 pm .. | 6 |
| (3.) Cable news | 8 am to 5 pm .. | .. |
| (4.) Ordinary news from or to stations not re-opening in the evening | 8 am to 4.30 pm | .. |
| (5.) Ordinary .. | 5 pm to 11 pm | .. |
| (6.) Ordinary, except as at (6A) | 11 pm to midnight | .. |
| (6A.) From Waka-puaka | 11 pm to midnight | .. |
| (7.) Ordinary .. | After midnight | .. |
| (8.) Parliamentary reports from Wellington | 11 pm to 1 am | .. |
| (8A.) Ordinary.. | 1 am to 2 am | .. |
| 9 am to 5 pm .. | 1s. for 150 words, or fraction thereof. |
SUNDAYS.*
| (9.) Ordinary .. | 5 pm to 5.30 pm | .. | .. | 0 8 | .. | If kept open by special arrangement by or on behalf of a morning paper, or by the United Press Association. |
| (10.) | After 5.30 pm .. | .. | .. | 1 0 | .. | Any one evening newspaper may not receive more than 300 words; and the contents of telegrams must be confined to news of events which occur between the time of closing the telegraph-office on Saturday night and its closing on Sunday. |
| (11.) Special .. | 5 pm to 5.30 pm | .. | .. | .. | 1 0 | |
HOLIDAYS (STATUTORY).†
| (12.) Ordinary .. | 9 am to 4 pm .. | 6 | 0½ | .. | 1 0 | Each message to be charged for separately. |
| (13.) | 7 pm to 11 pm | .. | .. | 0 6 | 0 6 | |
| (14.) | 11 pm to midnight | .. | .. | 0 8 | 0 8 | |
- No Press Telegrams are accepted during the morning attendance, nor are Press Telegrams for weekly newspapers transmitted at any time on Sundays.
† New Year’s Day, Easter Monday, the birthdays of the King and the Prince of Wales, and Boxing Day, or any days substituted therefor. Good Friday and Christmas Day are regarded as Sundays, for purposes both of attendance and of assessment of rates for Press telegrams.
NOTE.—No charge is made for address and signature up to six words. In assessing the total amount due, fractions of a penny are reckoned as one penny. For rates and conditions under which offices are specially reopened for transmission of Press telegrams, see “Charges when Office reopened,” &c. Evening newspapers are newspapers published after noon and before 5 p.m.
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 30
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🚂 Tariff Rates for Press Telegrams in New Zealand
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