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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 57

(ii) When, through no fault on the part of the Department’s officers or in the equip-
ment used, the call is not completed by midnight on the day on which the
call is lodged. This subsection shall not, however, apply on the day of
lodgment to calls booked for completion on a day other than the day of
lodgment, or to calls booked so late at night that there has not been reason-
able time to establish the call by midnight ;

(iii) When the caller cancels the call after an endeavour has been made to
establish it.

In any of the above circumstances the cable fee shall not be charged.

Person-to-person Calls.

109. (a) The person speaking from the calling station may specify by name or
     designation the actual person with whom he wishes to speak, and also, if desired, an
     acceptable substitute (being in either case a person lawfully entitled to use the called
     subscriber’s telephone pursuant to Regulation 8 hereof). The call shall be regarded as
     effective when telephonic communication is established between the actual calling and
     called persons, and the chargeable duration of the call shall commence from the time
     those persons are brought into actual telephonic communication with each other.

(b) The charge for a completed person-to-person call shall be in accordance with
the basic rates (Regulation 106) with the addition of a fee, to be known as a “personal
fee,” on the following scale :—

In respect of a call—

Up to and including 75 miles
Exceeding 75 miles but not exceeding 150 miles
” 150 ” ” 300 ”
” 300 ” ” 450 ”
” 450 miles

s. d.
.. 0 6
.. 1 0
.. 1 6
.. 2 0
.. 2 6

The personal fee is constant : it is not affected by the time at which the call is
effected or by the duration of the call, nor is it doubled for an urgent call.

(c) Toll calls to persons whose premises are not connected by telephone shall be
classified as person-to-person calls. When it is desired that delivery of a message be
made to such a person within the usual radius of the free delivery of telegrams that he is
required to attend at a telephone exchange or toll station to receive a person-to-person
call, a delivery fee of 3d. shall be added to the personal fee. If the person required resides
outside the free-delivery area of telegrams a special delivery charge shall be made accord-
ing to the expense incurred. The delivery of any message, either written or spoken,
other than a request for attendance at a telephone exchange or toll station, is prohibited.
Such a message shall be accepted only as a telegram.

(d) Report charge.—In the following cases the appropriate personal fee as prescribed
in clause (b) of this regulation (to be known in the following circumstances as a “report
charge”) shall be charged when a person-to-person call is not completed owing to—

(i) Failure to establish communication with the called station through no fault on
the part of the Department’s officers or in the equipment used ;

(ii) The called person or an acceptable substitute not being available and the call
being abandoned or not completed at midnight on the day on which the call
is lodged ;

(iii) The caller cancelling the call after an endeavour has been made to establish
it ; or

(iv) Inability, through no fault on the part of the Department’s officers or in the
equipment used, to complete a call by midnight on the day on which the call
is lodged. This subclause shall not, however, apply on the day of lodgment
to calls booked for completion on a day other than the day of lodgment, or
to calls booked so late at night that there has not been reasonable time to
establish the call by midnight.

In any of the above circumstances the cable fee shall not be charged.

Appointment Calls.

110. (a) A subscriber may, by arrangement made with the Department in advance,
     be placed in communication at a specified time and at the premises of a subscriber to
     another exchange with the actual person with whom he wishes to speak, or, if desired,
     an acceptable substitute (being in either case a person lawfully entitled to use the called
     subscriber’s telephone pursuant to Regulation 8 hereof). Such a call is termed an
     “appointment call.” Applications for appointment calls should be made at least one
     hour before the time at which they are required.

(b) Unless otherwise indicated, the charges and conditions relating to person-to-
person calls as prescribed in Regulation 109 shall, where applicable, apply to appoint-
ment calls.

(c) The establishment of an appointment call at the time desired cannot be
guaranteed, but every effort will be made to complete it at that time or as soon thereafter
as conditions permit. If an appointment call does not mature owing to the parties
concerned being unable to agree upon a specified time, or to the wanted party not being
available, a report charge as prescribed in clause (d) of Regulation 109 shall be payable
but no other charge.

Fixed-time Calls.

111. (a) Upon an order being furnished by a subscriber in writing, a toll call may be
     arranged to take effect at the same time on not less than five consecutive days (including
     or excluding Saturdays and/or Sundays and/or departmental or other holidays at
     the option of the subscriber). The numbers of the calling and called stations, and the
     times at which the call is to be effected, shall remain the same throughout the series
     of calls, except that the call may be arranged at a different time on a Saturday if so
     desired by the caller. The calls described in this regulation are termed “fixed-time
     calls,” and are completed on a station-to-station basis.

(b) The charge for each of a series of fixed-time calls shall be in accordance with
the basic rates for an ordinary call (Regulation 106), together with a “fixed-time
fee” of 10 per cent. of the basic charge for a call of three minutes’ duration, with a
minimum of 3d.