STATUTORY RULES.
1949. No..
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND
TELEGRAPH ACT 1941-1946.*
I, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations
under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1946.
Dated this Twenty-Second day of April, 1949.
W. J. McKell
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Postmaster-General
Amendments of the Picturegram Regulations.
Definitions.
1. Regulation
3 of the Picturegram Regulations is amended by omitting the definitions of “‘A’
grade quality” and “‘B’
grade quality”.
Matter
which may be accepted for transmission as picturegrams.
2. Regulation
6 of the Picturegram Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (6)
all the words from and including the words “Pictures
or documents” (second occurring)
to the end of the sub-regulation;
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (8)
the figures and words “18 inches
by 12 inches” and inserting in
their stead the figures and words “10
inches by 8 inches”; and
(c) by omitting sub-regulations (12) and
(13).
Address
of picturegrams.
3. Regulation
9 of the Picturegram Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (2), before the word “up”,
the words “‘Post or Airmail from ’”;
and
(b) by inserting after sub-regulation (5)
the following sub-regulation:—
“(6)
A picturegram may be lodged for transmission to a picturegram office for onward
despatch by post or airmail to an addressee in a locality where picturegram
facilities are not provided and in any such case no charge shall be made for
postage or airmail fees.”.
*
Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on ,
1949.
Statutory Rules 1929, No. 80.
665.—Price
3d. 8/18.3.1949.
4. Regulation
15 of the Picturegram Regulations is repealed and the following regulation
inserted in its stead:—
Schedules
of Rates.
“15. The rates for the
transmission of picturegrams shall be as follows:—
“(A) RATES FOR
TRANSMISSION.
|
Size of picture to be
transmitted.
| Rate per picture.
|
(i)
| Within the limits of 5
inches by 4 inches...............................................
| Thirty
shillings.
|
(ii)
| Exceeding the limits of 5 inches by 4 inches
but not exceeding the limits of 7 inches
by 5 inches.............................................................
| Thirty-seven
shillings and sixpence.
|
(iii)
| Exceeding the limits of 7 inches by 5 inches
but not exceeding the limits of 9 inches
by 7 inches.............................................................
| Forty-seven
shillings and sixpence.
|
(iv)
| Exceeding the limits of 9 inches by 7 inches
but not exceeding the limits of 10 inches
by 8 inches..........................................................
| Fifty-five shillings.
|
(B) MULTIPLE CHARGES.
|
Multiple picturegrams: For each copy after the first....................................
| Five
shillings.”.
|
Cancellation
of picturegrams.
5. Regulation
16 of the Picturegram Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation
(5) the words “the service” and inserting in their stead the words
“his picturegram”.
By
Authority: L. F. Johnston,
Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.