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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15
Press Telegrams.
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Provided the telegraph-offices are open, all newspapers are entitled to receive press news at the rates prescribed in Regulation 88, whether sent in the evening prior to publication or not.
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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. No charge is made for address and signature up to six words. Press telegrams transmitted at an hour other than provided for in the Schedule are charged for at ordinary-telegram rates, in which case the address and signature are charged for.
WEEK-DAYS.
| Class of News and Conditions. | Hours. | Charges. |
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| 50 Words or Fraction. | ||
| Morning Newspapers (i.e., Newspapers published before Noon). | s. d. | |
| 1. Inland, cable, and wireless news from or to stations not reopening in the evening. Morning newspapers on day next before publication may receive press telegrams at the ordinary press rate, each message being charged for separately | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | 1 0 |
| 2. Cable or wireless news. To bear instructions “Cable news” or “Wireless news,” as the case may be, each message being charged for separately. (The same rate applies after midnight if office kept open by special arrangement) | 5.1 p.m. to midnight | 1 0 |
| 3. (a) Inland news. (The same rate applies after midnight if office kept open by special arrangement) | 5.1 p.m. to midnight | .. |
| (b) Parliamentary reports from Wellington. These telegrams must contain “PR” in the instructions Morning newspapers may receive inland news and parliamentary reports amounting in the aggregate to 6,000 words at these rates; any excess, ½d. per word | 5.1 p.m. to midnight, or close of office | .. |
| Evening Newspapers (i.e., Newspapers published after Noon), and the Radio Broadcasting Co. of New Zealand, Ltd. | ||
| 4. Cable or wireless news. To bear instructions “Cable news” or “Wireless news” as the case may be, each message being charged for separately | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | 1 0 |
| 5. (a) Inland news. Evening newspapers on day of publication may receive press telegrams amounting in the aggregate to 3,000 words at this rate; any excess, ½d. per word. On any day other than a day of publication telegrams to evening newspapers publishing daily, thrice weekly, and twice weekly are charged for separately at the rate of 1s. for fifty words or fraction and 1s. 6d. for each 100 words or fraction, and to other newspapers at the rate applicable to ordinary telegrams | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | .. |
| (b) Inland sporting news for evening newspapers which publish special sporting editions on Saturday evening, and the Radio Broadcasting Co. of New Zealand, Ltd. Such messages lodged between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. may be included in the scheduled press referred to in Class 5 (a), any messages in excess of the aggregate of 3,000 words to be charged for separately | 4 p.m. to close of office | 1 0 |
| 6. Cable or wireless news. To bear instructions “Cable news” or “Wireless news,” as the case may be. Each message to be charged for separately. (The same rate applies after midnight if office kept open by special arrangement) | 5.1 p.m. to midnight | 1 0 |
| 7. (a) Inland news. (The same rate applies after midnight if office kept open by special arrangement) | 5.1 p.m. to midnight | .. |
| (b) Parliamentary reports from Wellington. These telegrams must contain “PR” in the instructions. Evening newspapers may receive inland news and parliamentary reports amounting in the aggregate to 1,000 words at these rates; any excess, ½d. per word | 5.1 p.m. to midnight or close of office | .. |
- Press telegrams are not accepted during the morning attendance, nor are press telegrams for evening or weekly newspapers transmitted at any time on Sundays.
The rate for messages to morning newspapers is: Inland or cable news between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., for 50 words or fraction, 1s.; 51 to 100 words or fraction, 1s. 6d.; and each succeeding 100 words or fraction, 1s. 6d. Each message is charged for separately. If office kept open after 6 p.m. by special arrangement by or on behalf of a morning newspaper, or by the United Press Association, the same rate will apply.
F. D. THOMSON, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Postal Regulations and Charges.
BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this 25th day of February, 1931.
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
I N pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, 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
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