New Zealand Gazette – 1935 – No. 57

Page 2207

✨ Telephone Regulations



Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2207

For Distances Between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Week-days. Between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. and between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Week-days; between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. on Sundays and Departmental Holidays. Between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. every Day.
(1) (2) s. d. (3) s. d. (4) s. d.
Exceeding 320 miles but not exceeding 330 miles 4 0 2 0 1 0
„ 330 „ 340 „ 4 1 2 0½ 1 0*
„ 340 „ 350 „ 4 2 2 1 1 0½
„ 350 „ 360 „ 4 3 2 1½ 1 1
„ 360 „ 370 „ 4 4 2 2 1 1
„ 370 „ 380 „ 4 5 2 2½ 1 1
„ 380 „ 390 „ 4 6 2 3 1 1½
„ 390 „ 400 „ 4 7 2 3½ 1 2
„ 400 „ 410 „ 4 8 2 4 1 2
„ 410 „ 420 „ 4 9 2 4½ 1 2
„ 420 „ 430 „ 4 10 2 5 1 2½
„ 430 „ 440 „ 4 11 2 5½ 1 3
„ 440 „ 450 „ 5 0 2 6 1 3
„ 450 „ 460 „ 5 1 2 6½ 1 3
„ 460 „ 470 „ 5 2 2 7 1 3½
„ 470 „ 480 „ 5 3 2 7½ 1 4
„ 480 „ 490 „ 5 4 2 8 1 4
„ 490 „ 500 „ 5 5 2 8½ 1 4
„ 500 „ 510 „ 5 6 2 9 1 4½
„ 510 „ 520 „ 5 7 2 9½ 1 5
„ 520 „ 530 „ 5 8 2 10 1 5
„ 530 „ 540 „ 5 9 2 10½ 1 5
„ 540 „ 550 „ 5 10 2 11 1 5½
„ 550 „ 560 „ 5 11 3 0 1 6
„ 560 „ 570 „ 6 0 3 0 1 6†
For every additional 10 miles or part thereof exceeding 570 miles 0 1 0 0½ ..
  • Maximum charge for 3-minute call within one Island between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.: 1s.
    † Maximum charge for 3-minute inter-Island call between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.: 1s. 6d.

(b) Initial charge for an urgent call: double the basic rate for an ordinary call.
(c) For every additional minute exceeding three the charge shall be one-third of the respective initial charge.
(d) Cable fee.—There shall be added to the charge for an inter-Island call, whether ordinary or urgent, a fee to be known as the “cable fee” of the following amount:—

(i) Between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on week-days .. .. .. .. 3 d.
(ii) Between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. and between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. on week-days; between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. on Sundays and departmental holidays 1½
(iii) Between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. every day .. .. .. .. 0¾

Provided that the cable fee shall not be charged in respect of calls exceeding 530 miles between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., or in other cases as specified in these regulations.

(e) (i) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this regulation, the maximum charge for an ordinary call between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. shall be:—

Not exceeding 3 Minutes. Every Additional Minute.
s. d. d.
For calls within either the North or the South Island .. 1 0
For inter-Island calls .. .. .. .. 1 6

(ii) In respect of urgent calls the maximum charge between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. shall be double that specified for an ordinary call.
(f) In calculating the charge for a toll call all fractions of a penny shall be counted, but in the total charge for a call fractions smaller than a half-penny shall be excluded and fractions of a half-penny or more counted as one penny.

Station-to-station Calls.

  1. The conditions of a station-to-station call shall be as under:—
    (i) That the telephone subscriber’s station called shall be specified either by the telephone number or by the name of the person, firm, or body under which the telephone is listed;
    (ii) That the message shall be regarded as effective when telephonic communication is established between the calling and the called subscribers’ stations; and
    (iii) That for charging purposes the measurement of duration of the communication shall commence at the moment telephonic communication is established between the calling and the called subscribers’ stations, or, in cases in which a private branch exchange is involved, between the calling subscriber’s station and the private branch exchange switchboard operator.

  2. (a) Charges.—Subject to the next succeeding clause of this regulation, the charge for a station-to-station call shall be in accordance with the basic rates (Regulation 106), ordinary or urgent, as the case may be.
    (b) No-reply fee.—In lieu of the charges prescribed by the last preceding clause, a charge, to be known as a “no-reply fee,” being one-quarter of the ordinary basic rate for a three-minute call with a minimum of 3d. and a maximum of 1s. 6d. irrespective of whether the call sought was ordinary or urgent, shall be made for a station-to-station call in the following circumstances:—
    (i) When, through no fault on the part of the Department’s officers or equipment, communication with the called station is not established and the call is abandoned by the caller;

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🚂 Revocation and Replacement of Telephone Regulations Part V (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
5 August 1935
Telephone Regulations, Toll Service, Post and Telegraph Act, Charges