✨ Post Office Rules and Regulations
1566
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47
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- When it becomes necessary for inspectors of works or tradesmen to enter any part of an office except the public room, the name of any such person is to be noted, and the date of his access, and the circumstances reported to the Chief Postmaster. Every such person must, while so employed, be under the surveillance of an officer of the Department, and must on no account be left alone in the office.
DISCIPLINE.
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The action required to be taken on any instruction received from the General Post Office is not complete until advice has been despatched to the General Post Office that the instruction has been carried into effect. All instructions received must be reported on as duly carried out; and action approved of as having been taken. (See Rule 20.)
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Postmasters are under the direction of the Secretary, and are required to obey the instructions of the Inspectors or Assistant-Inspectors. Sub-Postmasters, however, are directly subordinate to their Chief Postmasters, and in communicating with the General Post Office must do so through their chief offices, or through the District Inspector of Telegraphs in connection with matters under the control of the Superintendent.
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It is the duty of a Chief Postmaster to see that his Sub-Postmasters observe the rules laid down for their guidance. He should suffer no breach thereof to go unnoticed; and, if such breach be flagrant, or if his admonitions are neglected, he must report the case to the Secretary.
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Charges of malversation of office brought by a junior against his superior officer must be made within seven days of the date of the alleged occurrence, or within seven days of the time of the discovery of the occurrence. To defer reporting for a longer time will be regarded as evidence of malice.
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Chief Postmasters must send on without delay to the Postmasters at the principal business centres in their respective districts all important notices of any description which they receive from the General Post Office, including notices of foreign mails outwards. On being applied to by the public for public information, Postmasters should apply in turn to their Chief Postmasters in cases where they have not the information required.
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A Postmaster is responsible for the good order and efficient state of his office. He is expected, as far as possible, to be familiar with and proficient in the various duties of the office; he must also be fully acquainted with all rules in force for the administration of his office, and must see that his subordinates are fully acquainted with them.
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