✨ Post and Telegraph Office Regulations
JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1553
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Act, 1881.”), nor should an office continue to be maintained at a publichouse when other accommodation is available.
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No office may be removed from one site to another without authority of the Secretary. When it is found necessary to remove an office, application must be made by the Chief Postmaster in respect of a post-office, or by the Inspector of Telegraphs in respect of a separate telegraph-office, to the Secretary, and the position of the proposed new premises stated in the application. In the case of a combined office, the Chief Postmaster will consult the Inspector of Telegraphs before acting. When an office is closed, or transferred, the Chief Postmaster must satisfy himself that the “Post Office” sign is removed, and that the posting-box is closed. The Inspector of Telegraphs will take similar action in respect of telegraph appurtenances.
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The actual date of completing action of any kind in any matter of record must be reported to the Secretary, whether previously stated or not.
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The Department provides the buildings and fittings for all offices at which post-office and telegraph or telephone business is conducted by permanent officers, but at all other sub-offices the necessary accommodation must, unless otherwise agreed upon, be provided by the person in charge, to the satisfaction of the Minister. At every office the words “Post Office” or “Post and Telegraph Office” must be exhibited in large and conspicuous characters on the outside of the building.
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Chief Postmasters will keep a register recording the dates on which any leases of buildings or sites to the Department in their districts terminate, so that they may advise the Secretary in good time, say three months beforehand, and take any action for renewals, &c., necessary on such a contingency. Inspectors of Telegraphs or other officers who are charged with the business of arranging for the lease to the Department of premises or sites, after completing the same, will furnish Chief Postmasters with the particulars necessary for recording the lease before despatching the documents to the Secretary.
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Every post-office must be furnished with a letter-box fixed within the building or room appropriated to the office, and having on the outside at least one horizontal aperture, which must be easy of access to the public at all hours. The shoot from the aperture into the box must slope upwards about 2 inches. The dimensions of the box should be not less than the following: Height, 30 inches; width, 12 inches; depth from front to back, 15 inches. The posting-aperture should be 8 inches long and 2 inches wide, and at a height of 42 inches from the footpath or roadway. The box must be shut by a door forming the entire back
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 47
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