CENSORED CABLEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16017, 8 September 1915, Page 5

CENSORED CABLEGRAMS.

UNEXPENDED CHARGES. REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORISED. IBT TELEGRAPH. —PRESS association.] Wellington. Tuesday. When the war broke out and the censorship was 'established notice was given that telegrams would pass subject to censorship regulations, which meant, among other things, that any telegram might be stopped, and that no refund of cost would be made. The PostmasterGeneral, Sir Joseph Ward, acting in concert with the Postmaster-General of the United Kingdom, now announces that he is prepared, as an act of grace, and not otherwise, to reimburse unexpended balances of the cost of cable messages or telegrams stopped by the censor, and remaining in the hands of the Post and Telegraph Department, on the following conditions:— (l) No reimbursement will be made if the unexpended balance is less than 4s; (2) reimbursements must be applied for by the sender or telegraph administration of the country of origin, and every application must be accompanied by a written statement from the addressee that tho telegram has not been delivered; (3) no information will be given as to the computation of the amount reimbursed, and no inquiry on this point will be entertained; (4) reimbursements will only be applied to telegrams of countries which apply the same method of treatment to telegrams originating in . New Zealand; (5) all conditions "of acceptance of any telegram as to sender's risk, subject to censorship, and non-liability of the Government for reimbursement of cost are retained; (6) no reimbursement will be allowed on any telegrams originating before June 15, 1*915.