✨ Post Office Operational Rules and Procedures
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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may be necessitated through carelessness or neglect, will be charged as an ordinary telegram to the officer in fault.
UNIFORM.
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Letter-carriers and messengers are supplied with uniform, and the Postmaster must see that they wear this when on duty, and that it is kept clean and not misused. When engaged on indoor duty they should take off their new tunics and wear last year’s. Lockers should be provided in which to hang up uniforms. In the event of a letter-carrier or telegraph messenger being promoted or resigning from the service, the uniform must be properly cleaned and repaired, and, at the discretion of the Chief Postmaster, transferred to his successor if it will fit him. If it will not fit him it must be sent to the Storekeeper with a memorandum naming the articles forwarded, and requisition made in the usual way for a new uniform. In all cases new inside bands must be sewn into caps or helmets. [For the schedule of uniform articles of clothing supplied see the Official Circular for August, 1905.]
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Letter-carriers in the North Island may, if desired, be supplied with a uniform of light material for summer wear. In such cases one tunic and one pair of trousers should be applied for. The tunic will be expected to last for two seasons, and the trousers for one season.
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Letter-carriers, post-office messengers, and telegraph messengers supplied with uniform may wear straw hats as part of the uniform during the summer months. These will not be supplied by the Department. A red band should be worn on carriers’ straw hats.
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Chief Postmasters and Postmasters are required to see that uniformed employees under their control present at all times a clean and tidy appearance; that those who shave do so regularly, and that their uniform garments are properly worn, kept in good condition, and repaired when necessary. To this end letter-carriers and post-office messengers should be mustered on a day in the last week in each month, and an inspection made by the Chief Postmaster or Postmaster of their appearance and the state of their uniform. The Postmaster will then report to the Chief Postmaster, and the Chief Postmaster to the Secretary before the 10th of the month.
Officers in Charge and Postmasters where the message-boys are in uniform will muster the lads at least once a week, and take steps to insure their tidy appearance when on duty. The
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