TELEGRAPHIC CHARGES.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1120, 31 October 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC CHARGES.

The new telegram tariff comes into operation to-morrow, the Ist November: —Private telegrams will be charged for at the rate of Is as hitherto for the first ten words, and Id for each subsequent word. Press telegrams, on week days, are charged at the following rates:— Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.—Por the first ten words or fraction of ten words, Gd ; for every additional word, id. Between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.—For the first twenty-five words or fraction of twenty-five words, 6d ; for every additional twenty-five words, or fraction of twenty-five words, after the first twenty-five, 3d. The following exceptions are made to the above scale of charges : —On the arrival of an Australian or San Francisco mail, each paper will be allowed to receive, between the hours of S a.m. and 5 p.m., one telegram not exceeding 200 words, and to pay for the same at evening rates. Papers publishing before 5 p.m., each day, in addition to Australian or San Francisco mail telegrams; will be allowed to receive at aiiy period of the day tele--graus amounting in the aggregate to two hundred (200) words, and will be charged for the same at evening rates, any excess over the two hundred words to be paid for at the rates in force between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. On Sundays double the above rates will be charged. ]N T o charge will be made for address and signature, up to ten words. Every word over ten will be charged for at tariff rates.