✨ Postal Money Order Procedures
Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2579
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PAYMENT OF INLAND MONEY ORDER TELEGRAMS.
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On the receipt of the Advice—i.e., top copy—of a Money Order Telegram, the Postmaster must, before placing the Advice on file, see that the appropriate code word (see table of code words on page 48) has been used for the amount shown in the Advice. In the case of a discrepancy, payment of the Order must be refused until the error has been corrected by service telegram. (See Telegraph Rule No. 181.)
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As considerable difficulty is frequently experienced in the matter of obtaining absolute proof of the identity of the payee of a Money Order Telegram, it will be sufficient if the Postmaster or Paying Officer takes all reasonable precautions by requiring the production of such circumstantial evidence as may be deemed sufficient to warrant payment. Particulars of the proofs adduced should be written on the back of the Money Order Telegram in cases where it is deemed advisable to record the precautionary steps taken.
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The Paying Officer must insert with pen and ink, in the spaces provided for the purpose on the Order and Advice, the amount in figures.
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In other respects the rules governing the payment of ordinary Money Orders must be complied with, the only exceptions being that both the Order and Advice must be countersigned with pen and ink by the Officer in Charge or Assistant Officer in Charge of the Office from which they were delivered. (See Rules Nos. 99 to 121.)
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The remitter of a Money Order Telegram may direct that the Order be crossed for payment through a bank, in which case the word “Crossed” must be inserted in the instructions of the telegram, and it is the duty of the Countersigning Officer of the Telegraph Office to cross the order thus—
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Paying Officers must see that the directions given in Telegraph Rule No. 182 are given effect to in such cases.
- Applications for transfer or repayment of Money Order Telegrams must be dealt with in accordance with the directions given in Rules Nos. 80 to 87.
PAYMENT OF INTERCOLONIAL MONEY ORDER TELEGRAMS.
- On receipt of an Intercolonial Money Order Telegram on the special form, the Postmaster must carefully compare the code
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