✨ Post and Telegraph Regulations
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There are five principal telegraph-offices, operated independently of any chief post-office, namely:
Auckland Dunedin Wellington.
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Sub-offices are divided into two classes, namely : Permanent, and non-permanent (country) offices. Permanent offices are those in charge of officers who are wholly employed on the permanent or classified staff of the Post and Telegraph or of the Railway Department. Women permanently employed are on the extra-classification establishment. Country offices are those in charge of non-permanent officers, who only hold office during pleasure, such as storekeepers, school-teachers, or railway surfacemen. Sub-offices are under the direction of the Chief Postmaster of the district in which they are situated.
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There is one permanent sub-office occupied solely in telegraph operating under direct control of the Secretary, namely : Wakapuaka.
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Offices of all descriptions are established, closed, and reopened from time to time under the authority of the Minister.
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When application is made for the establishment of a post-office, the Chief Postmaster should require that the printed Form P.O. 73 be filled up and signed by the bona fide residents of the district to be served by the proposed office. This form should be sent to the Secretary with a full report. An application for a telephone-office is to be referred by the Inspector of Telegraphs to the Superintendent, with a report of the cost and the probable revenue. The proposed office may not bear the name of an existing office. A map or tracing of the locality, showing the position of the proposed office, should accompany the report. In recommending appointment of a Telephonist on form P.O. 138, the Inspector of Telegraphs should name the postal district in which the office is situated.
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Maori names are in all cases, whenever possible, to be found for new offices. The spelling of Maori names should be verified, and the meaning forwarded to the General Post Office.
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When a post-office is opened, or when a Postmaster is transferred, the Chief Postmaster must satisfy himself that the Postmaster is fully instructed in the duties of his office, and is in every way suitable and trustworthy.
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Every office should be in a central and convenient situation, should afford adequate accommodation to the public, and should be supplied with all requisite fittings. No office may be established at a publichouse without the sanction of the Licensing Committee (see section 132 of "The Licensing
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 47
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