New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 114

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✨ Press Telegram Rates

Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3405

PRESS TELEGRAMS—continued.

Class of News.	Hours.	Morning Papers.			Evening Papers.	Conditions.
		12 Words.	3d. each additional Word.	100 Words or Fraction thereof.	100 Words or Fraction thereof.

SUNDAYS.*

(8.) Cable news | 5 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | .. | .. | s. d. 1 0 | .. | ..
(9.) Ordinary .. | 5 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | .. | .. | 1 4 | .. | ..
(10.) Ordinary and cable news | After 5.30 p.m. | .. | .. | 1 4 | .. | If kept open by special arrangement by or on behalf of a morning paper, or by the United Press Association.

HOLIDAYS (DEPARTMENTAL).†

(11.) Ordinary and cable news | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | d. 8 | d. 0½ | s. d. .. | s. d. 1 0 | Each message to be charged for separately.
(12.) Ordinary and cable news | 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. | .. | .. | 1 0 | 1 0 | Ditto.
(13.) Ordinary and cable news | 11 p.m. to mid-night | .. | .. | 1 4 | 1 4 | „

No Press telegrams are accepted during the morning attendance, nor are Press telegrams for evening or weekly newspapers transmitted at any time on Sundays.
† New Year’s Day, Easter Monday, the King’s birthday, 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 local telegraph-office 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 1s. per 100 words or fraction thereof, provided message lodged before 11 p.m. Rate after that hour 1s. 4d. per 100 words or fraction thereof. All charges in respect of overtime at offices other than the original forwarding office to be added to the foregoing.

Charges for Press Telegrams relating to Extraordinary Events, &c.

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. 6d. is to be charged for each message.
The officer in charge of the telegraph office 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.
Offices closed on Sundays or statutory holidays may not be opened for Press purposes on those days under any but exceptional circumstances such as those above described.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1915, No 114

NZLII — NZ Gazette 1915, No 114

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🚂 Altering of Rates for Press Telegrams (continued from previous page)

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated4 October 1915
KeywordsPress, Telegrams, Rates, Regulations, Schedule
👩‍💼 Officials

J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council

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