Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1913.
I, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of
Victoria and its Dependencies, in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting as the
Deputy of the Governor-General in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby
make the undermentioned amended Regulation under the
Dated this sixth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
A. L. STANLEY,
Deputy for the Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. G. SPENCE.
Postmaster-General.
Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Statutory Rules 1913 No. 348).
Regulation 350 is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—
350. Telegrams shall be delivered free of charge within a radius of 3 miles from a General Post Office, and within a radius of 1 mile from any other office from which a delivery of telegrams is made. Telegrams for addresses beyond the above-mentioned radii, but within a radius of 3½ miles from a General Post Office or within a radius of 1½ miles from any other office of destination to which a messenger is attached, shall be delivered on payment of a charge of Threepence (3d.) for each delivery, irrespective of the number of telegrams; for the same addressee delivered at the one time, but the Department will not undertake delivery in any case in which natural obstacles or other difficulties intervene. Beyond the above-mentioned radii of 3½ miles and 1½ miles delivery expenses shall be charged. For telegrams to be delivered on shipboard a charge for boat hire, if necessary, may be made.
Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
C.8965.—Price 3d.
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