✨ Post and Telegraph Regulations
JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1559
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Persons employed as clerks, whether temporary or permanent, must produce a medical certificate of good health before being employed; but temporary messengers or letter-carriers who are to be employed for a short time as substitutes in the case of leave of absence or other like contingencies need not produce a medical certificate.
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When applying to the Secretary for authority to employ a temporary letter-carrier, Chief Postmasters, besides giving the name and qualifications of the substitute recommended, must state the amount of wages proposed to be paid.
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Any lad who may be employed as a temporary messenger does not thereby acquire any right to be appointed after he has passed the age of sixteen years. When a temporary telegraph messenger is required for a limited time only, in case of sickness or absence of any permanent lad, it will not be necessary to telegraph for authority to the Secretary, provided full particulars are given in the voucher form Acct. 355. Similarly, the authority issued with the leave schedules is to be regarded as sufficient to enable the necessary lads to be employed. It is to be distinctly communicated to temporary telegraph messengers that their employment is to be of a temporary nature only, and is not to give any claim whatever to a permanent appointment. Subject to the proviso that boys of superior educational qualifications are to receive preference, the lad whose name appears first on the list should, if eligible, be given an opportunity of refusing temporary employment, fatherless boys being placed first in the order of their applications.
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Except to provide for cases of sickness or authorised leave of absence, no boy is to be taken on in excess of the authorised number without express approval; but if a boy is likely to be required for two or three months his name should be submitted by post. It will be necessary for Sub-Postmasters to apply to the Chief Postmaster for authority to engage temporary messengers, but the application need not be repeated to the General Post Office.
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When engaging the services of temporary messengers, for whatever period of time, the selection must be confined to lads who by priority of application and fulfilment of the conditions of employment are first entitled to permanent appointment as vacancies occur. It will devolve on responsible officers, therefore, to keep correct lists of applications for messengerships.
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