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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 6]

Delivery of Telegrams.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of January, 1908.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, regulations were made and rates and fees fixed under the authority of “The Electric Lines Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), inter alia, for the delivery of telegrams: And whereas it is expedient to amend the aforesaid regulations and fees in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke regulation, numbered 21, relating to Free Delivery, in the Schedule to the aforementioned Order in Council and the fees therein prescribed, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulation and fix the fees set forth in the Schedule hereto: And doth order that such regulation and fees shall be read as part of the regulations, rates, and fees first hereinbefore mentioned, and shall have effect on and from the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

Free Delivery.

21. Except as notified in the printed list of telegraph-offices published from time to time in the Post and Telegraph Guide, and the list of offices given below, all telegrams will be delivered free of charge within a distance of one mile by the nearest practicable road from the office to which they may be transmitted by wire.

The free delivery—

At Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Wellington

will be—

Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. .. .. Three miles.

After 6 p.m. .. .. .. .. One mile and a half.

At Akaroa Grey mouth Nelson Stratford

Alexandra South Greytown New Plymouth Tapanui

Ashburton Hamilton Oamaru Tauranga

Balclutha Hastings Onehunga Te Aroha

Blenheim Hawera Opotiki Te Awamutu

Bluff Hokitika Otaki Temuka

Cambridge Hunter ville Paeroa Thames

Carterton Inglewood Pahiatua Timaru

Cheviot Invercargill Palmerston Waihi

Coromandel Kaiapoi Palmerston N. Waimate

Cromwell Kaikoura Patea Waipawa

Dannevirke Kaitangata Petone Waipukurau

Dargaville Lawrence Picton Wairoa

Dunedin North Lyttelton Port Ahuriri Waitara

Eketahuna Mansia Port Chalmers Wanganui

Eltham Marton Queenstown Waverley

Feilding Masterton Rangiora Wellington S.

Foxton Mataura Reefton Westport

Geraldine Milton Riverton Whangarei

Gisborne Napier Rotorua Woodville

Gore Naseby

will be—

Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. .. .. Two miles.

After 6 p.m. .. .. .. .. One mile and a half.

Carriage when necessary beyond the one-mile, the mile-and-a-half, or the two-mile limit respectively to be charged at the rate of 6d. per mile or fraction thereof up to three miles. The foregoing charges only provide for ordinary delivery from offices where the service can be performed by a departmental messenger. All carriage beyond three miles will be made by special messenger. For telegrams to be delivered by special messenger, the cost of such delivery shall be added and paid for. If required to be delivered beyond the distance of three miles, all moneys disbursed in payment of cab-fares, omnibus-fares, horse-hire, porterage, or any other expenses incurred in delivery, shall be charged and paid. All telegrams shall bear any expenses incurred to defray ferriage and tolls. To prevent the non-delivery or detention of telegrams when a telegram is presented for a place known to be beyond the free delivery, the cost of carriage from the office of delivery should be prepaid. If the carriage is insufficiently prepaid, the balance will be collected from the addressee. When the sender gives a guarantee that carriage will be paid by the addressee, the words “Carriage guaranteed” should be written on the back of the forwarded telegram and signed by the sender, whose address also should be given. In the event of the addressee refusing to pay, the amount due will be recovered from the sender. If the sender declines to pay the carriage, or to give the guarantee, the telegram will be delivered by post. When a telegram is received requiring delivery by special messenger, and upon which no carriage has been prepaid, the sender will be asked for his instructions, and if no reply is received before the despatch of the next mail or the next letter-carrier’s delivery the telegram will be posted. Free telegrams on behalf of sender or addressee about the amount of payment required for carriage, and so forth, will not be sent.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.