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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

15. The following examples determine the interpretation of the rules to be
    followed in counting words:—

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 below, 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. Owing to uncertainty of delivery, these telegrams are
accepted at sender’s risk.

Unless otherwise stated, offices are closed on Sundays and departmental holidays.

A telegram for a locality where a Receiving Office only is situated—e.g., Auckland S.C., High Street
(Christchurch), 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 “Special delivery” 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, Wakapuaka,
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. At offices at which the telegraph-office or
the telephone exchange is open until 8 p.m., the bureau is also open until that time.

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