Newspaper Postage Abolition Act 1873 No 27a (NSW)

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No. I.

A l l Act to abolisli tlic imposition of Postao^e postL T abo™ .

Pates on Newspapers. October, 1873.] —

T I THERE AS it is considerod desirable that the Postage rate now Preamble.

(diargi'ablc on NoAvspapers posted Avithin or transmitted through the post Avitliin Ncaa" South Wales should be abolished B(̂ it thereibre enacted hy the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty by and Avith the advice and consent of the LegislatiA'C Council and LegislatiA'e Assembly of N cav South IVales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as folloAvs :—

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1. Eroin and after the first day of January one thousand t'ight Eepcai of Ao*.

hundred and seventy-four the “ JvcAVspapcr Postage Act of 18G1< ” ratertTbe*̂ cĥ ged̂ shall be and the same arc hereby repealed Provided that such rejieal shall not affect any postal arrangement noAV or hercal'ter to be made under the forty-second section of the said last-mentioned Act hetAvecn

and so much of the “ Postage Act 1807 ” as authorizes or may lu;

construed to authorize or refers to auA’' Postage rates to be levied on

R cav South Wales and the United Kingdom or any Country or

British Possession as therein provided.

2. All Newspapers printed in the Colony if transmitted Avithin Coionini NewspapMs

sc'veu days from the date theri'of and all printed NcAvspa])crs received

from abroad shall if unenclosed or enclosed in an envelope open at date rxeinpt ami

both ends be received conveyed and delivered to all parts of the

Colony free of all postage AvhateA'er Providi'd hoAvever that no Ncavs- open covers and not

paper shall contain any note letter memorandum or other thing or rxeepUnĝ address.

Avriting therein or thereon excepting only the direction on the outside

thereof and in case any Nc'Avspaper or NcAvspapers shall be ]mt into any Post Office pillar place or other receptacle within the boimdarit's of the City of Sydney appointed for the posting of Nc'Avspapers or letters addressed to persons Avithin the said boundaric's or into any such Post Office pillar place or other receptacle as aibresaid at any time after the expiration of scA’cn days from the date thereof the same shall be charged AA'ith postage at the rate of one penny for each Newspaper.

No. II.