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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 15

"CHANGE OF INTERPHONE SET.

"When any change of an interphone set or sets is required the subscriber shall be charged the cost of the labour and incidental expenses involved in effecting the change or changes, with a minimum charge of 10s. If, however, it is necessary to replace interphone apparatus by equipment of larger capacity in order to provide for the additional requirements of the subscriber, the labour and incidental charges payable by the subscriber shall be only in respect of the additional positions required. The provision of the ‘secrecy’ feature on interphone sets shall also be charged for on the basis of the cost of the labour and incidental expenses involved, but where the provision of the ‘secrecy’ feature alone is involved, the minimum charge shall be 5s."

9. Regulation 56 of the Telephone Regulations is hereby amended by omitting the particulars of period of attendance authorized for observance “at exchanges at which the number of paying subscribers’ main stations exceeds 100 and does not exceed 200,” and substituting the following:—

"At exchanges at which the number of paying subscribers’ main stations exceeds 100 and does not exceed 200

"The period of attendance shall not exceed eighteen hours per week-day (usually from 6 a.m. to midnight) and twelve hours on Sundays and holidays (from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.)"

10. Regulation 57 of the Telephone Regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

"EXTRA ATTENDANCE.

"57. Any attendance in excess of that prescribed in the last preceding regulation shall be deemed extraordinary attendance, and shall be granted on the conditions, and on payment of the extra-attendance charges, specified hereunder:—

"(1) That not less than three-fourths of the paying subscribers to an exchange express in writing to the Director-General their desire that the period of attendance be extended.

"(2) That satisfactory arrangements can be made by the Department for the extended hours of attendance.

"At exchanges at which the number of paying subscribers’ main stations exceeds 50 and does not exceed 100:—

"An attendance not exceeding eighteen hours per week-day and a two-hour attendance on Sundays and holidays shall be granted upon payment of an extra-attendance rate of £1 per annum (or 1s. 8d. per month) in respect of each main station. Alternatively, an attendance of two hours on Sundays and holidays shall be granted upon the payment of an extra-attendance rate of 2s. 6d. per annum in respect of each main station.

"At exchanges at which the number of paying subscribers’ main stations exceeds 100 and does not exceed 200—

"Continuous attendance shall be granted upon payment of an extra-attendance rate of £1 10s. per annum (or 2s. 6d. per month) in respect of each main station."

11. Regulation 74 of the Telephone Regulations is hereby amended by adding thereto the following clause:—

"(4) Every person commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds who uses any telephone or does any act contrary to the provisions of clause (1) of this regulation."

PART II.—AUXILIARY SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT.

12. Regulation 80 of the Telephone Regulations is hereby amended by inserting the following clause after clause (1):—

"(1A) In the event of the amount of interphone cable required for an interphone installation exceeding in the aggregate an average of 60 ft. per position, the subscriber shall be charged rental at the rate of 2s. 6d. per annum (or 3d. a month) for each 15 ft. or fraction thereof of cable in excess of the aggregate allowance."

13. Regulation 83 of the Telephone Regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

"83. Special amplifying telephones and apparatus for use by persons of imperfect hearing may be provided subject to payment of a special installation fee of £1 and a rental of £3 per annum (or 5s. 3d. per month) in excess of the rental charge ordinarily applicable."

14. Regulation 85 of the Telephone Regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

"85. The term ‘same premises’ in Regulation 84 shall cover various buildings detached from one another, but within the same boundaries as the main premises and part of the same establishment. The Director-General or Chief Engineer may, however, authorize, in special circumstances, the installation of extension stations involving wires crossing a public street or road or another person’s property. In such cases installation charges shall not be payable in respect of the erection of the circuit or circuits between the main and extensions stations, but a special mileage rate of 15s. per annum (or 1s. 4d. per month) shall be payable for each furlong or fraction thereof of each circuit. In cases in which lead-covered cable is erected across a public street or road in order to provide an extension station for an interphone installation a charge at the rate of 3s. 9d. per annum (or 4d. per month) shall be payable in respect of each furlong or fraction thereof of each pair of wires used in such cable for the purpose of the installation."