2038

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 59

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LIST OF TELEGRAPH-OFFICES.

The names of the telegraph-offices in New Zealand are to be written in the addresses of telegrams as given in the list of offices published in the Post and Telegraph Guide, and the name of each office as it is thus required to be given must be counted as one word. For instance, Abbotsford in the address of a telegram will count as one word, and Abbotsford, Otago, as two words.

When a telegraph message is addressed to a place not a telegraph-office but bearing the same name as a telegraph-office, as well as to the office to which the message is to be telegraphed—thus, 'Richmond, Christchurch'—the names of both places must be telegraphed and charged for, the first of the two names being regarded as that of a place which is not a telegraph-office.

Telegrams for persons on trains that will pass railway-stations which are public telegraph-offices must be addressed to those offices and not the departmental offices, as, for example, to Masterton Railway, not Masterton. To telegrams for persons on trains the word 'northward' or 'southward' should be added as part of the address to expedite delivery. Unless otherwise stated, offices are closed on Sundays and public holidays.

A telegram for a locality where a Receiving Office only is situated—e.g., Strand Arcade, Lichfield Street, Oriental Bay, &c.—must also bear the name of the delivery office, as Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, &c., the necessary additional word being telegraphed and charged for.

Money-order telegrams can be sent between all offices marked *.

Telegrams of an urgent nature presented during the luncheon interval at offices where such interval is allowed will be despatched without delay.

Ordinary telegrams lodged during hours that offices are open for receipt of Press telegrams only must be paid for as 'Extra fee' messages.

When telegraph lines are interrupted, telegrams will be accepted from the public at the sender's risk only, and despatched to the furthest practicable point, and thence to destination after communication is restored.

The telegraph-offices at Auckland, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne, Gore, Greymouth, Hokitika, Invercargill, Masterton, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Palmerston North, Thames, Timaru, Wanganui, Wellington, and Westport are open for the transaction of public business between hours ranging from 8 a.m. to midnight on ordinary week-days, except on Saturdays, when the attendance ceases at 8 p.m., on Sundays between the hours of 9.30 a.m. and 10 a.m., and 5 p.m. and 5.30 p.m., or between 5 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. only, and on statutory holidays between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. and midnight. The foregoing hours, or any variation thereof, may be extended by the Minister of Telegraphs to any other telegraph-office from time to time. Other offices are generally open between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., and of these the Minister of Telegraphs is empowered to order the further reopening for public business, or the restricted opening, as circumstances shall require; also, the closing daily for a period not exceeding one hour as a luncheon-period at such hours and for such periods respectively as to him shall seem fit.

[See list of telegraph-offices in Post and Telegraph Guide.]

TELEPHONE EXCHANGES.

1. At any place where telephone exchanges have been established, Edison-Bell or any other approved telephones connected with the exchanges will be placed in offices or private residences within three miles of the central office, so that subscribers can converse with other subscribers at their offices or residences.

2. It shall be optional on the part of the Minister of Telegraphs to permit any premises of any fire brigade, or any hospital or benevolent or charitable institution, duly acknowledged by the Minister of Telegraphs, to be connected with a telephone exchange free of cost or charges.

3. Every person desiring to hire or use any telephone instruments or set of telephones connected with a telephone exchange shall make application to the Superintendent of Electric Lines on the form supplied for that purpose by the Department.

4. All applicants for a first connection with a telephone exchange, in addition to the rates in force for connection with an exchange, will be required to pay an entrance fee of £1 when delivering the application for connection. In respect of connections after the first, exemption from payment of the entrance fee will only be allowed when any connection on account of which the exemption is sought is to be held permanently.

5. Subscribers at each exchange will be furnished with a list of persons with whom they may communicate by telephone, and, as new subscribers are connected with the system from time to time, notification of the fact will be given by the Department.

6. The Minister of Telegraphs or Superintendent of Electric Lines may refuse to connect with the telephone exchange any place of business, house, or premises which in the opinion of the Minister is or are used for any illegal, immoral, or improper purpose, and may, either with or without previous notice, exclude from the telephone exchange any subscriber who allows the telephone instruments in his custody or control to be damaged or destroyed, or put to any improper use, and may remove or cause to be removed any instruments allotted to the use of such subscriber. No person shall have any claim for damages or otherwise whatsoever in consequence of the refusal of the said Minister or Superintendent to connect any place of business or house with the exchange for any of the causes aforesaid, or in consequence of the removal of any instruments, or the exclusion of any subscriber as aforesaid.

7. All charges payable in respect of the hire of any telephone instruments shall be paid half-yearly in advance, for distances up to two miles and under, and for distances over two miles, quarterly in advance, the first payment to commence from the date when the connection with the telephone exchange is completed, and cover the then current quarter or half-year.