POST AND TELEGRAPH RATES.
No.
16 of 1923.
An Act to amend
the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902-1920.
[Assented to 1st
September, 1923.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty,
the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia,
as follows:—
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This
Act may be cited as the Post and
Telegraph Rates Act 1923.
(2.) The Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902–1920
is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The
Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902-1923.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall commence on a date to be fixed
by proclamation.
Part I.—Newspapers.
3.Part I. of the First Schedule to the
Principal Act is amended by omitting therefrom the words—
“On
other newspapers posted within the Commonwealth for delivery therein
| For
each newspaper—One penny per ten ounces or part of ten ounces “
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and inserting in their stead the words—
“On
newspapers, printed and published in Australia, posted (otherwise than as
specified in the foregoing provisions of this Part) within the Commonwealth
for delivery therein
| For
each newspaper—One penny per ten ounces or part of ten ounces, provided that
the postage on a package containing more than one newspaper shall not be
higher than that chargeable on a package of printed papers of the same weight”.
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Part II.—Postal
articles.
4. Part II. of the First Schedule to the
Principal Act is repealed and the following Part inserted in its stead:—
Part II.—Postal Articles.
First Column. — Postal
Articles. | Second Column. — Rates
of Postage. |
Letters............................................................................ | 1½d. per 1 oz. |
Letter Cards.................................................................... | Single, l½d. each Reply, l½d. each half |
Post Cards...................................................................... | Single, 1d. each Reply, 1d. each half |
Commercial
papers, patterns, samples, and merchandise, as prescribed
| 1d. per 2 oz. or part of 2 oz. |
Printed papers (including
books, magazines and newspapers not wholly set up and printed in Australia),
as prescribed
| 1d. per 4 oz. or part of 4 oz. |
Books printed
in Australia, except as prescribed | 1d. per 8 oz. or part of 8 oz. |
Magazines,
reviews, and other similar publications, wholly set up and printed in
Australia, and published for sale in numbers at intervals not exceeding three
months and posted in covers each containing not more than one magazine,
review or publication
| 1d. per 8 oz. or part of 8 oz. |
Catalogues
wholly set up and printed in Australia | 1d. per 4 oz. or part of 4 oz. |
Hansard, that is, reports of
Parliamentary debates printed and published by the authority of the
Commonwealth or of a State
| 1d. per 12 oz. or part of 12 oz. |