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and it is reported after examination made in the
manner indicated above that it is safe for such men
to remain :

(b.) It shall not be necessary to withdraw the workmen
from the ventilating district or districts in which the
fire exists if each ventilating district in the seam is
adequately protected against the spread of an ex-
losion of coaldust from any other district by some
means approved by the Minister of Mines :

(c.) It shall not be necessary to withdraw the workmen
from any seam communicating with the shaft on the
same level if such seam is naturally wet throughout
or is adequately protected against the spread of an
explosion of coaldust from the seam in which the
fire exists by some means approved by the Minister
of Mines.

(3.) While a fire is being dammed off, every workman in
the mine, except the men engaged in the work of damming
off the fire, shall be withdrawn from the mine, and shall not
be readmitted after the completion of the work until an
examination has been made, and the mine reported to be
safe, in the manner indicated above. There shall be avail-
able during the whole time at or near the place two units of
breathing-apparatus or two smoke-helmets, and persons com-
petent to use them.

(4.) Such means as may be approved by the Minister of
Mines for the purpose shall be taken to render harmless the
coaldust in all accessible parts of the mine immediately con-
tiguous to the seat of the fire.

(5.) The Minister of Mines may, by regulation, modify the
requirements of this regulation in respect of any mine to such
extent and subject to such conditions as he may think fit, if
he is satisfied that this can be done without danger in view
of the special character of the mine.

180. Where in any mine or part of a mine to which the
     foregoing regulation does not apply the existence of a fire
     has been definitely ascertained, an examination of the place
     in which the fire exists shall be made in the manner indicated
     above, and if any part is reported to be dangerous the work-
     men, except those engaged in combating the fire, shall be
     withdrawn from such part.

When the workmen have been withdrawn from any part
of the mine in pursuance of this regulation they shall not be
readmitted until a further examination has been made and
such part reported to be safe in the manner indicated above.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(Mines 24/2/1.)

Press Telegrams.—Rates.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of April, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the eighth day of July, one
thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and the fifteenth day of
December, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and gazetted on the
twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and
the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen,
respectively, regulations were made under the authority of the Post and
Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), fixing and
determining the fees and rates to be demanded and received for the trans-
mission of Press telegrams :

And whereas it is expedient to amend such regulations as hereinafter
set forth :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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
regulations made and the fees and rates imposed for Press telegrams by
the above-mentioned Orders in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby
make the regulations and impose the fees and rates set forth in the Schedule
hereto ; and doth hereby direct that this Order in Council shall have effect
on and from the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

PRESS TELEGRAMS.

Press telegrams may contain only information of general public interest, and the
whole text must be intended for publication as news in the newspapers to which the
telegrams are addressed. Advertisements, letters intended for publication in the open
or other columns of newspapers, or telegrams that are mere “puffs” of theatrical or
travelling business companies, and not of general public interest, cannot be transmitted
at Press rates. Such matter must be paid for at the rate of 1d. per word.

Provided the offices are open, all newspapers are entitled to receive Press news at
night at evening rates, no matter whether sent in the evening prior to publication or not.
The evening rates on day telegrams for evening papers are restricted to the day of publica-
tion, except in the case of papers published daily, twice weekly, or thrice weekly.

The tariff for ordinary telegrams is applicable to and will be collected from the
addressee of every Press telegram of which use is made for some other purpose than or
besides that of insertion in the columns of the newspaper to which it is addressed, viz. :

(a.) Telegrams which are not published by the receiving newspaper (failing a satis-
factory explanation), or which the latter has communicated before publication
to private individuals, or to establishments such as clubs, cafés, hotels,
exchanges, &c.

(b.) Telegrams which the receiving newspaper before publishing them itself has
sold, distributed, or communicated to another newspaper for publication in
its columns.

(c.) Telegrams, addressed to agencies, which are not published in a newspaper (failing
a satisfactory explanation), or which are communicated to third persons
before being published by the Press.

The following rates are chargeable for the transmission of Press telegrams from or to
any office in New Zealand during the prescribed hours for such business. (See “List of
Telegraph-offices,” also table of “Additional Attendance for Press Work,” in the Post
and Telegraph Guide, March, 1919, pages 355–421 and 422 respectively.)