1684
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

Electric Lines Regulations.—Telephone Bureau Charges.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this second day of May, 1916.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, regulations were made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), inter alia prescribing the charges to be levied for the use of a Government telephone at a telephone bureau in New Zealand: And whereas it is expedient to amend such regulations 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 of all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulation numbered two under the heading “Telephone Bureaux” in the Schedule to the above-mentioned Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth declare that the regulation hereby made shall be read with and form part of the above-recited regulations, and shall have effect on and after the date of publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

2. THE following are the charges to be paid by the public for the use of Government telephones at a telephone bureau in New Zealand:—

For a distance not exceeding 25 miles,—
For the first period of three minutes or fraction thereof—
Ordinary. Urgent.
s. d. s. d.
For subscribers speaking from their own exchange .. .. .. 0 3 0 6
For non-subscribers .. .. .. 0 6 1 0
For each succeeding minute or fraction thereof—
For subscribers speaking from their own exchange .. .. .. 0 1 0 2
For non-subscribers .. .. .. 0 2 0 4

For a distance exceeding 25 miles and not exceeding 50 miles,—
For the first period of three minutes or fraction thereof—
For all persons .. .. .. 0 6 1 0
For each succeeding minute or fraction thereof .. .. .. 0 2 0 4

For a distance exceeding 50 miles and not exceeding 75 miles,—
For the first period of three minutes or fraction thereof—
For all persons .. .. .. 0 9 1 6
For each succeeding minute or fraction thereof .. .. .. 0 3 0 6

For a distance exceeding 75 miles and not exceeding 100 miles,—
For the first period of three minutes or fraction thereof—
For all persons .. .. .. 1 0 2 0
For each succeeding minute or fraction thereof .. .. .. 0 4 0 8

For a distance exceeding 100 miles and not exceeding 150 miles,—
For the first period of three minutes or fraction thereof—
For all persons .. .. .. 1 6 3 0
For each succeeding minute or fraction thereof .. .. .. 0 6 1 0

For a distance exceeding 150 miles and not exceeding 200 miles,—
For the first period of three minutes or fraction thereof—
For all persons .. .. .. 2 0 4 0
For each succeeding minute or fraction thereof .. .. .. 0 8 1 4

And for every succeeding distance of 50 miles or less,—
For the first period of three minutes or fraction thereof—
Ordinary. Urgent.
For all persons .. .. .. 0 6 1 0
For each succeeding minute or fraction thereof .. .. .. 0 2 0 4

For communications, except “urgent” communications, on toll lines over twenty-five miles long, between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., half the above charges are to be paid—for example, 3d. instead of 6d., 4½d. instead of 9d. Half rates apply only at telephone exchanges which are open after 8 p.m.

A toll line is any departmental line (as distinct from a subscriber’s line) connecting two places or exchanges, for the use of which a charge is made. Until further defined, all lines, except subscribers’ lines, are toll lines.

On holidays, during office hours, bureau communications are allowed between bureaux which can communicate direct with each other or through an exchange which is open on holidays.

Urgent bureau communications take priority over non-urgent communications.

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

Principal Local Authority constituted under the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this second day of May, 1916.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS an Order in Council made under the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, on the ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the Gazette of the tenth day of April then instant, an apportionment was made in regard to the representation of contributory districts on Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards: And whereas by such Order in Council the Remuera Road District was constituted the principal local authority of the combined district of the road districts in Eden County: And whereas by reason of the Remuera Road District now being included within the City of Auckland it is necessary that another contributory local authority be appointed the principal local authority of the aforesaid combined district:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, doth hereby appoint the One-Tree Hill Road District to be the principal local authority of the road districts in the Eden County within the meaning and for the purposes of the said Act.

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

Revoking a License authorizing the Christchurch Tramway Board to erect Electric Lines from the Trolley-wire at Sumner to the Premises of Mr. Frederick Nelson Adams.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighth day of May, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and clause sixteen of the Schedule to the Order in Council dated the fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, authorizing the Christchurch Tramway Board to construct electric lines from the trolley-wire at Sumner to the premises of Mr. Frederick Nelson Adams (hereinafter referred to as “the said Order in Council”), and at the request of the said Tramway Board, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council.

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