2000
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

MESSAGE-GIRLS AND MESSAGE-BOYS.

65. No person who has not attained the age of fourteen shall be eligible for appointment as message-boy or message-girl. Preference will be given to boys and girls who have obtained a certificate of proficiency in the Sixth Standard as defined by regulation under the Education Act, 1914. An educational certificate of any reputable private school will be accepted upon proof to the satisfaction of the Secretary, or of some person appointed by him in that behalf, that the applicant has passed an examination equivalent in all material respects to that required for the said Sixth Standard.

66. A message-boy or a message-girl who has complied with the regulations regarding promotion shall be eligible for a higher position in the service only if his or her service and conduct have been in every way satisfactory.

67. Any message-boy or message-girl who has completed three years’ service and who has reached seventeen years of age may be required to resign if not qualified for a higher position in the Department.

68. No person not already in the service shall be entitled to enter as a cadet unless he has passed the Public Service Entrance Examination prescribed under the Public Service Act, 1912.

APPOINTMENT OF POSTMISTRESSES.

69. In making appointments of Postmistresses preference shall, where possible, be given in the following order:—
    (a.) Widows of deceased officers of the Department.
    (b.) Widows of deceased soldiers.
    (c.) Widows (with children) dependent on their own earnings.
    (d.) Other widows.
    (e.) Other applicants.

EMPLOYMENT OF MARRIED WOMEN.

70. The marriage of a female officer must be specially reported to the Secretary, and unless he otherwise decides she must at once resign her appointment. If in any special case it should be considered desirable to employ a married woman in the service such employment may be sanctioned upon the special certificate of the Secretary.

EXAMINATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION.

71. Subject to the provisions of section 14 of the said Act, no person shall be appointed to the Engineering Division—
    (1.) As an Engineering Cadet unless he is not more than twenty-five years of age and has passed the Engineering Preliminary Examination of the University of New Zealand, which must include a pass in physical science, with electricity and magnetism as a selected subject therein:
    (2.) As a Technical Clerk until he has passed in—
    (a.) The Engineering Preliminary Examination of the University of New Zealand as for Engineering Cadets:
    (b.) The Senior Technical Examination, or City and Guilds of London Institute Final Examination in Telegraphy, first- or second-class certificate:
    (c.) The Telephone Exchange Clerks’ Technical Examination, or City and Guilds of London Institute Final Examination, Telephony, first- or second-class certificate:
    (d.) Morse operating, 25 words per minute:
    (3.) As an Assistant Engineer until he has passed as a Technical Clerk, and in—
    (a.) Properties of telegraph and telephone materials; telegraph and telephone apparatus; testing of materials and apparatus:
    (b.) Telegraph and telephone engineering as applied to overhead, underground, and submarine plant:
    (c.) Electric light and power—direct current; gas and oil engines: