852

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 22

Telephone Regulations : Amendments.

MICHAEL MYERS, Administrator of the Government.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 18th day of March, 1930.
Present:
His Excellency The Administrator of the Government in Council.
WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the seventeenth day of September, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, published in the Gazette on the
seventeenth day of the same month at page 2449 ; the sixth day of February, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, published in the Gazette on the fourteenth
day of the same month at page 493 ; the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-five, published in the Gazette on the sixteenth day of the same month at
page 1060 ; the twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
five, published in the Gazette on the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-five, at page 2684 ; the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-six, published in the Gazette on the fourth day of the same month at
page 3122 ; and the third day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven,
published in the Gazette on the sixth day of the same month at page 3046 ; regulations
were made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and its amend-
ments, for the control of telephone exchanges and for the other purposes specified
therein : And whereas the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and its amendments, were
repealed by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, but all regulations made thereunder
and subsisting on the coming into operation of the last-mentioned Act enure for the
purposes of that Act : And whereas it is desirable to amend and add to the above-
recited regulations in the manner hereinafter set forth :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon
him by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, 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 make the regulations and amendments set
forth in the Schedule hereto ; and doth hereby revoke so much of the above-recited
regulations as is inconsistent herewith, and doth further order that the said revocation
shall take effect and the regulations and amendments hereby made shall come into
force on the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette,
and that the regulations and amendments hereby made shall form part of and be read
together with the above-recited regulations.
SCHEDULE.
TELEPHONE REGULATIONS.
PART I.-TELEPHONE EXCHANGE SERVICE.
Rates.
17. Where two or more main stations are required by a subscriber on the same
premises and in connection with the same establishment, the annual rental in respect
of each main station in excess of one shall be reduced by 10 per cent. of the prescribed
base-area rate.
Poles on Private Property.
Regulation 23 is hereby amended by adding the following thereto : “ In the case
of poles erected on private property which are not within the exceptions outlined in
the foregoing paragraph, the cost of renewal with the exception of the pole nearest
the public road, shall be borne by the subscriber, irrespective of whether such poles
have been erected prior or subsequent to the coming into force of these regulations.”
Telephone Connection with Public Hospitals and Charitable Institutions.
46. Subject to the Minister's approval, telephone service may be afforded at the
residential rate, to—
(a) Primary public schools;
(b) Public hospitals and benevolent and charitable institutions having for their
object the relief of poor, destitute, or afflicted persons in New Zealand, and
which are supported wholly or partly by voluntary subscriptions or from
the funds of a local body.
Temporary Telephone Service.
Regulation 47 is hereby amended by adding the following thereto : “ Temporary
extension telephones may be installed on payment of the usual installation charges as
for temporary connections. Rental shall be charged at the rate of 2s. 6d. per station
for each seven days or fraction thereof, with a minimum charge of 5s.”
Removals.
49. Subject to the approval of the Department, subscribers may have their
telephones and apparatus removed to other premises, or the positions of their tele-
phones and apparatus altered, upon giving sufficient notice, and paying the fees
specified hereunder.
Removal to other premises within the base-rate area, 17s. 6d. for each main-station
telephone and 10s. for each extension telephone ; except that, in cases in
which the period of contract has not expired, the subscriber shall pay, in
addition to the foregoing fee or fees, the estimated cost of the labour involved
in erecting any new wire required to establish a connection between the
exchange and the new premises.
Removal from one room to another in the same premises, 12s. 6d. per telephone.
Removal from one position to another in the same room, or substitution of a desk
telephone for a wall set, or vice versa, 10s. per telephone.
Removal of extension bell or any other item of miscellaneous equipment which
involves labour in fitting, 5s. per instrument.
In the case of internal removals and alterations not covered by the foregoing
provisions, the subscriber shall pay the cost of the labour and incidental
expenses involved in effecting the removal or alteration, with a minimum
charge of 10s.