✨ Postal Service Regulations
JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1637
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Letter-carriers and messengers must not, without special authority of the Chief Postmaster, open letter-bags, deal with letter-bills or accounts, assist in the general sorting of letters, or have access to any except those for their own delivery. They may, however, be employed to sort newspapers and book and pattern packets whenever required. Letter-carriers and messengers likely to qualify for clerkships should be given every opportunity of acquiring the requisite knowledge.
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Except where a letter-carriers’ sorter is employed, no letters must be passed to the letter-carriers for delivery until they have been divided into the several walks; and Postmasters must bear in mind that, consistently with due despatch, this duty must be confined to the smallest number of hands.
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Every delivery must commence as nearly as possible at the hour fixed for it; and, unless in exceptional cases, all the town letter-carriers should leave the office at the same time.
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The Postmaster must arrange the walks of the letter-carriers so as, without unduly favouring any person or locality, to insure an early delivery to the more important portions of the town, and a delivery in every portion of it with the least possible delay.
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It should be ascertained, by occasional personal inspection, that the letter-carriers do not loiter while engaged on their walks, or deviate from their prescribed route; that they do not clear a pillar or wall letter-box before the appointed time; and that they correctly state the time at which they complete their respective deliveries.
EXPRESS DELIVERY AND SPECIAL MESSENGER SERVICES.
[See Guide for general instructions.]
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Where the telegraph-office is separate from the post-office the Chief Postmaster will confer with the Officer in Charge, and make arrangements for boys to be sent to the post-office for “expressed” articles at any time the boys may be wanted.
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The receipts to be taken by telegraph messengers will be on a form P.P.N., which should be altered to suit. The form should show the address and time of delivery of the “expressed” article, and must be returned to the post-office on completion of each delivery. The number of articles delivered and the amount of delivery fees should be inserted, and the forms filed for reference.
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 47
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