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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104

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The reopening fee is only to be charged on one telegram alone if more telegrams than one are handed in together by the same person. The special-delivery fee includes the charge for reopening the receiving office—namely, the office which receives the message from the forwarding office, and for effecting delivery of the message within the free delivery.

If officers are required to remain in attendance pending the receipt of a reply, the person at whose request the office was reopened must pay overtime at the rate fixed by the department’s regulations.

35. Charges for ferries, tolls, or for any extra cost incurred for delivery must also be paid by the sender at the time of presenting the telegram. The sender shall also be liable for short charges, should it be subsequently found that the amount collected for carriage was insufficient.

36. Telegrams relating to wagers or bets are not permitted to be sent under these regulations.

Weather Telegrams for Shipping.

37. Masters of vessels are permitted to forward messages at one uniform rate of sixpence for each message (including reply) to the Harbourmasters of the several ports seeking information as to the state of the weather, &c., at the port to which they are bound, or from any port which may lie in their route. These telegrams must be concise, and should be filled in in accordance with the directions to be seen at telegraph-offices. In no case will a larger number of words in the body of the telegram than twelve be allowed. The telegraphic report giving the state of the weather in different parts of the colony will be supplied daily at a charge of £1 per copy per annum.

Transmission of Telegrams by Telephone.

38. (1.) Subscribers to telephone exchanges and owners of private lines connected with telephone bureaux may, by prearrangement in writing with the telegraph-office, have telegraphic messages which are addressed to them forwarded by telephone from the office of destination to their business or private addresses. Such messages will, after transmission, be posted for delivery to such address, and be marked on the front “Transmitted by telephone.”

(2.) If desired, short Press messages up to fifty words may be telephoned to newspapers the proprietors of which are subscribers to a telephone exchange, and who agree to pay the fee for so doing. After being telephoned, such messages will be delivered by messenger, when their values (if “collect”), together with the fee for telephoning, will be collected.

(3.) This system may be availed of during the ordinary hours for attendance of officers at the telegraph-office, except in the case of offices where officers are on duty until 10 p.m., when the telegrams may be telephoned up to that hour.

(4.) The charges for transmitting telegrams as above shall be as follows:—

(a.) At all chief offices, namely,—

Auckland Grey mouth Nelson Timaru
Blenheim Hokitika New Plymouth Wanganui
Christchurch Invercargill Oamaru Wellington
Dunedin Napier Thames Westport
Gisborne

(b.) At first and second grade sub-offices, namely,—

Akaroa Hamilton Milton Taihape
Ashburton Hastings Onehunga Te Aro
Balclutha Hawera Paeroa Te Aroha
Bluff Hunter ville Pahiatua Temuka
Cambridge Hutt Palmerston Waihi
Carterton Inglewood Palmerston North Waimate
Dannevirke Kaiapoi Patea Waipawa
Dunedin North Kaitangata Picton Waipukurau
Eketahuna Lawrence Port Ahuriri Waitara
Eltham Lichfield Street Port Chalmers Waverley
Feilding Lyttelton Rangiora Wellington South
Foxton Manaia Reefton Whangarei
Geraldine Marton Riverton Woodville
Gore Masterton Rotorua Wyndham
Greytown Mataura Stratford