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DETAILED INDEX.

A. E. PAGE Act, Post and Telegraph, 1928 .. .. .. 7 Eastern Extension cable— page Appeal Board . . .. .. 10 Number and percentage of messages forwarded Articles bearing previously used stamps .. .. 16 and received .. .. .. 29 Articles delivered .. .. .. .. 16,50 Press telegrams .. .. .. 29 Articles registered .. .. .. .. 51 Share of business .. .. .. 29 Automatic telephone exchange : Equipment in- Election: General, 1928 .. .. .. 18 stalled and in use on 31st March, 1929. . .. 41 Engineers, Conference of .. .. .. 4 Automatic telephone exchanges.. .. 39 Examinations .. .. .. .. It Automatic telephones in New Zealand .. .. 40 Expenditure of Department .. .. 1, 9 Awards for suggestions .. . . .. 7 Extensions to cabling and switching systems at telephone exchanges.. .. .. 35 B. G. Board of Appeal .. .. .. 10 Book-packets posted and delivered .. .. 50 General Election, 1928.. .. .. .. 18 Boxes,, home savings-bank .. .. .. 17 Graph — British official wireless news .. .. 31 Post and Telegraph expenditure .. .. 8 British postal orders sold .. .. 17 Post and Telegraph revenue .. .. .. 8 Broadcasting .. .. .. .. 5, 32 Showing proportion of dial and manual telephones And copyright .. .. .. .. 6, 33 in New Zealand from 1920 onwards .. .. 40 Press messages to ships at sea .. .. 32 Showing total number of motor-vehicles of all Buildings .. .. .. .. ..7,11 classes registered monthly from April, 1925 .. 14 Business done for other Departments .. .. 6 Telegraph and toll revenue .. .. .. 8 C. H. Cables and wireless : Imperial Conference .. 3, 27 Health of staff .. .. .. .. 2, 10 Cable messages— Home savings-bank boxes .. .. .. 17 Daily letter-telegram: Extension of service .. 28 " Householder" circulars .. .. .. 12 • Deferred .. .. .. .. .. 29 Intercolonial traffic .. .. .. .. 29,4;4 International traffic .. .. .. .. 29,44 I. Number .. .. .. .. .. 29,44 Press .. .. .. .. 29 Imperial Wireless and Cables Conference .. 3, 27 Rates .. .. . . .. 28 Increase in toll calls .. .. .. .. 5 Received .. .. .. .. ..29,44 Inland mail-services (see " Mail-services"). Reduced rates .. .. .. 28 Inspection of post-offices .. .. .. 13 Traffic .. .. .. .. ..29 Insurance Fund, Marine .. .. .. 16 Value .. .. .. .. 44 International money-order telegrams: Supple-Week-end letter-telegram : Extension of service 28 mentary telegraph fee .. .. .. 27 Cables— International Radio-telegraph Convention, 1927 .. 29 Eastern Extension (see " Eastern Extension cable "). International Telegraph Convention, Brussels, 1928 4, 18 Pacific (see " Pacific cable "). Miscellaneous .. .. .. 27 Repair of .. .. .. .. 26 L. Submarine .. . . .. .. 26 Carrier-current telephony .. .. .. 4, 42 Laboratory .. .. . . .. 43 Change of staff control.. .. .. 10 Leave, sick . . .. .. .. .. 2, 10 Circulars, " Householder" .. .. 12 Letters and letter-cards— Code language: International Telegraph Convention, Dead, dealt with .. .. .. ..16 Brussels, 1928 .. .. .. .. 4, 18 Dead, proportion to number delivered .. .. 16 Coin-in-the-slot telephones .. .. ..42 Delivered .. .. .. .. ..16,50 Communication between New Zealand and the Imperfectly or insufficiently addressed .. 16 Pacific islands by radio .. .. 31 Missing .. .. .. .. 13 Conference — Posted and delivered .. .. 50 Engineers .. .. .. ... .. 4 Posted per unit of population .. .. 16 Imperial Wireless and Cables .. .. 3, 27 Posted with libellous addresses .. .. 16 International Telegraph .. .. .. 4, 18 Posted without addresses .. .. .. 16 Cook Strait cables .. .. .. 26 Long-distance wireless transmission .. .. 5 Copyright relating to broadcasting .. .. 6, 33 Correspondence School.. .. .. .. 10 Customs examination of parcels and packets at M. Palmerston North .. .. . . .. 17 Customs parcels . . .. .. 17 Machine-printing telegraphs .. .. .. 19 Magazines— Registered .. .. .. .. 17 D. Removed from the register .. .. .. 17 Mail-services— Daily letter-telegram : Extension of service .. 28 Inland .. .. .. .. .. 2, 12 Dead-letters .. .. . . .. 16 Interruptions of .. .. .. 12 Decentralization of postmen at Wellington .. 3 Overseas .. .. .. .. .. 2, 12 Designation of offices changed .. .. 44 Rural .. .. .. .. .. 3, 12 Departmental Correspondence School .. .. 10 Maintenance of telegraph and toll lines .. .. 24 Departmental laboratory .. . . 43 Marine Insurance Fund .. .. . . 16 Departmental motor-vehicles .. .. .. 14 Missing postal packets .. . . .. 13 Dominion Bureau of Standards : Proposed esta- Money-order— blishment .. .. .. .. 43 Exchange with other country.. .. .. 45 Duty, refund of, on motor-spirit .. .. 14 Issued and paid .. .. .. .. 3, 45

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