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the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following resolution passed by the Auckland City Council on the tenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, viz. :—

“ That the Auckland City Council, having control of that portion of Melford and Vine Streets fronting Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Allotment 12 of Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland, by resolution declares that section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to the said portions of streets ” ;

such portions of streets being described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of street, situated in the North Auckland Land District, City of Auckland, known as Vine Street, fronting part Lot 1 of Allotment 12, Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland.

Also all that portion of street, situated in the said land district and city, known as Melford Street, fronting Lot 3 and part Lot 2 of Allotment 12, Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland.

As the said portions of streets are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 55186, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

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

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The North-western Side of Portion of Dedwood Terrace and the South-western Side of Portion of Yarborough Street, in the City of Auckland, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 17th day of January, 1923.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following resolution passed by the Auckland City Council on the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, viz. :—

“ That the Auckland City Council, having control of Dedwood Terrace and Yarborough Street, Auckland, by resolution declares that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to the said Dedwood Terrace and Yarborough Street fronting Lot 42 and part Lot 41 of Allotment 13, Section 8, of the Suburbs of Auckland ” ;

subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on the north-western side of the portion of Dedwood Terrace and the south-western side of the portion of Yarborough Street described in the Schedule hereto within a distance of twenty-five feet from the centre-line of the said portions of streets.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of street situated in the North Auckland Land District, City of Auckland, known as Dedwood Terrace, abutting on part Lot 41 and Lot 42, D.P. 13722, part Allotment 13, Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland.

Also all that portion of street situated in the said land district and city, known as Yarborough Street, abutting on Lot 42 D.P. 13722, part Allotment 13, Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland.

As the said portions of streets are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 55624, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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

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Fixing Rates and Charges for Toll Communications.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 17th day of January, 1923.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations and fix the charges set forth in the Schedule hereto with respect to telephone toll communications, and doth order and declare that any regulations and charges of similar purport heretofore made are hereby revoked ; and doth further order and declare that the regulations and charges hereby made and fixed shall come into force on and after the first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

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SCHEDULE.

TOLL COMMUNICATIONS.

1. 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. A toll communication is a communication over a toll line.

2. A “ telephone bureau ” means any ordinary telegraph or telephone office which is mentioned as a bureau in the list of telegraph-offices published in the Post and Telegraph Guide for the time being, as well as any such bureau specifically constituted.

3. Any one person may use the wire for six minutes only at a time—that is to say, if another person requires the wire, at the end of six minutes it shall be given up. Should the wire not be asked for, then the person using it may continue to do so at tariff rate.

4. Urgent toll communications at any time shall be charged double the fees shown under the heading 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. They take precedence of all others. The special rates applicable to ordinary communications between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. shall not apply to urgent communications, and shall apply only at telephone exchanges which are open at any time between those hours.

5. On Sundays and holidays ordinary rates shall be charged.

6. The charges for the use of toll lines shall be as follows :—

From 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.,—
Up to three minutes—
For distances up to 20 miles . . . . 0 4
For every additional 5 miles or fraction thereof up to 100 miles . . . . 0 1
For every additional 10 miles or fraction thereof exceeding 100 miles . . . . 0 2

From 9 p.m. to midnight and from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. at exchanges which are open at any time between those hours,—
Up to three minutes—
s. d.
For distances up to 40 miles . . . . 0 4
For every additional 5 miles or fraction thereof up to 100 miles . . . . 0 0½
For every additional 10 miles or fraction thereof exceeding 100 miles . . . . 0 1

From midnight to 6 a.m.,—
Up to six minutes—
For distances up to 40 miles . . . . 0 4
For every additional 5 miles or fraction thereof up to 100 miles . . . . 0 0½
For every additional 10 miles or fraction thereof exceeding 100 miles . . . . 0 1

For every additional minute exceeding 3 between 6 a.m. and midnight, and for every additional minute exceeding 6 between midnight and 6 a.m., the charge shall be one-third of the initial rate. All fractions of a penny shall be counted when calculating the charge for a communication, but fractions smaller than a halfpenny shall be disregarded in the total.

7. When a request to the effect that any person is required to attend at a telephone bureau is sent to such bureau for delivery beyond the premises in which the bureau is situated, 3d. shall be charged for delivery. This charge shall be paid by the sender. Similar requests delivered outside the ordinary delivery limits shall be subject to a special charge according to the extra expense thereby incurred. The delivery of any message either written or spoken other than a request for attendance at a bureau is prohibited. Such a message shall be accepted only as a telegram.

8. A charge of one-third of the initial rate for the length of line engaged, with a minimum of 4d. for every ordinary communication, and 8d. for every urgent communication, shall be made for the following unsuccessful toll calls :—

(a.) Those that are not completed owing to absence, inattention, or other failure to reply on the part of the subscriber with whom it is desired to communicate.

(b.) Those that are not completed owing to the person with whom it is desired to communicate not being a subscriber, provided the line has been used to obtain that information.

(c.) When a request for a toll line has been made, and the subscriber making such request fails to make use of the line or to cancel his request before the line becomes available.

(d.) When a subscriber has been informed that a telephone bureau or a telephone exchange is closed, and he makes a request, either before or after the hours fixed for business at that office, that an attempt be made to secure its attention, and such attempt proves abortive.