2036
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

PRESS TELEGRAMS—continued.

SUNDAYS.*

(9.) Ordinary .. | 5 pm to 5.30 pm | d. | d. | s. d. | s. d. |
(10.) " .. | After 5.30 pm .. | .. | .. | 0 8 | .. |
| .. | .. | 1 0 | .. | If kept open by special arrangement by or on behalf of a morning paper, or by the United Press Association.

(11.) Special .. | 5 pm to 5.30 pm | .. | .. | .. | 1 0 | Any one evening newspaper may not receive more than 300 words; and the contents of telegrams must be confined to news of events which occur between the time of closing the telegraph-office on Saturday night and its closing on Sunday.

HOLIDAYS (STATUTORY).†

(12.) Ordinary .. | 9 am to 4 pm .. | 6 | 0½ | .. | 1 0 | Each message to be charged for separately.
(13.) " .. | 7 pm to 11 pm | .. | .. | 0 6 | 0 6 |
(14.) " .. | 11 pm to midnight | .. | .. | 0 8 | 0 8 |

• No Press Telegrams are accepted during the morning attendance, nor are Press Telegrams for weekly newspapers transmitted at any time on Sundays.

† New Year's Day, Easter Monday, the birthdays of the King and the Prince of Wales, and Boxing Day, or any days substituted therefor. Good Friday and Christmas Day are regarded as Sundays, for purposes both of attendance and of assessment of rates for Press telegrams.

NOTE.—No charge is made for address and signature up to six words. In assessing the total amount due, fractions of a penny are reckoned as one halfpenny. For rates and conditions under which offices are specially reopened for transmission of Press telegrams, see “Charges when Office reopened,” &c. Evening newspapers are newspapers published after noon and before 5 p.m.

CHARGES WHEN OFFICE REOPENED BY SPECIAL REQUEST.

At least six hours’ notice should be given to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, of a desire to have an office specially reopened for Press news.
The fee of 7s. 6d. for reopening an office must be paid by the first applicant, whether another applicant or other applicants have the use of the office specially reopened or not. A second fee will not be charged for the same reopening.

Rates.

Messages lodged and forwarded are liable to the following charges:—
At the rate of 6d. per 100 words or fraction thereof, and all charges in respect of overtime at offices other than the original forwarding office.

CHARGES FOR PRESS TELEGRAMS RELATING TO EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS, ETC.

Press telegrams containing intelligence of extraordinary events, such as collisions, wrecks, large fires, explosions, &c., may be accepted for transmission between offices open for the midnight cable service after those offices are closed for the receipt of other Press messages on the following conditions:—
No message may exceed 100 words.
The fee of 1s. is to be charged for each message.
The Officer in Charge may refuse to accept any such message as in his opinion does not contain news of an urgent nature.
These messages are not to be permitted to interfere with or delay the transmission of the midnight cable news.

TELEGRAMS FORWARDED BY MEMBERS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Members of the General Assembly may send ordinary telegrams at the following rates, viz.:—
For the first thirty-six words or any fraction thereof, including address and signature .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
For every four words or fraction of four words after the first thirty-six words .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
There is no “urgent” code for these rates.