Postal and Telegraph Districts and Offices




JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1551

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  1. For purposes of construction, maintenance, and inspection of telegraph-lines, the colony is divided into five districts, as follows :—
Districts. Boundaries.
Auckland … Comprising all that portion of the North Island bounded on the south by the southern boundary of the Thames Postal District, thence by a line drawn immediately south of Taupo, and extended to Mokau.
Wellington … Comprising the remainder of the North Island.
Nelson … Comprising the Postal Districts of Nelson, Blenheim, Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika.
Christchurch… Comprising the Postal Districts of Christchurch and Timaru.
Dunedin … Comprising the Postal Districts of Oamaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill.

OFFICES AND OFFICERS.

  1. The following descriptions of offices correspond to the duties performed in them. Two or more of these duties may be combined in the same office. The descriptions are :—

  2. Post-office.

  3. Telegraph (Morse instrument) office.

  4. Telephone-office.

  5. Money-order office.

  6. Post-office Savings-bank.

  7. Postal-note office.

  8. Telephone exchange.

  9. Telephone bureau.

  10. Parcel-post office.

For offices of the descriptions Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, additional rules and regulations for procedure, but not of discipline, are printed separately. Regulations printed in the Guide are for the information and guidance of all officers indifferently.

  1. Offices are of two classes : Chief offices and sub-offices. The following are chief post-offices :—

Auckland Hokitika Thames
Blenheim Invercargill Timaru
Christchurch Napier Wanganui
Dunedin Nelson Wellington
Gisborne New Plymouth Westport.
Greymouth Oamaru



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