Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1916.
I, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the undermentioned amended
Regulation under the
Dated this twenty-sixth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
WILLIAM WEBSTER,
Postmaster-General.
Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913.
(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348, as amended by Statutory Rules 1915, No. 241.)
Sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 378 is repealed, and the following sub-regulation is inserted in its stead:—
378 (1) Arrangements may be made to keep any official or semi-official office open for the transmission or receipt of telegrams after the ordinary business hours, upon notice being given to the officer in charge at least one hour before the ordinary time of closing, and upon payment of a fee of Two shillings and Sixpence for the first hour, or portion thereof, and One shilling and Sixpence for every subsequent hour, or portion thereof, during which it is desired the office shall be kept open. If more than one office is so kept open, these fees shall be payable in respect of each office. All telegrams transmitted must be paid for at the usual rates:
Provided that the proprietor of a newspaper shall not be called upon to pay any fee for keeping a telegraph office open on any Sunday, or public holiday, in cases where the telegraphic business of such newspaper on that day amounts to One pound Ton shillings in value, and where the opening of only one office is required. If the opening of more than one office is required, the fees prescribed by this Regulation shall be paid in respect of each additional office.
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