Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1916. No. 68.

 

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1913.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the undermentioned amended Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1913 should come into immediate operation, and make the amended Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this nineteenth day of April, 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).

1. Sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 220 is repealed, and the following sub-regulation is inserted in its stead:—

(2) The contents of parcels must be securely packed and enclosed in such a manner as to preserve them from injury and from injuring other parcels. Parcels which appear to be insufficiently packed may be refused. Parcels containing—

(a) fragile articles—millinery, toys, musical instruments, &c.

(b) perishables articles—eggs, butter, flowers, fish, &c.

(c) liquids or semi-liquids—medicines, oils, paints, jellies, &c.,

must be so securely packed as to prevent the contents from escaping, and the covers or vessels in which they are enclosed must be sufficiently strong to prevent breakage in transmission. The word “Fragile” or “Perishable,” as the case may be, and the nature of the covering or vessel and contents must be indorsed on the outer wrapper. The edges and points of all sharp instruments must be protected, and articles which are likely to injure other articles must be packed in separate parcels. When considered necessary by the Postmaster-General, hermetically sealed tins, and wooden packing boxes, with a sufficient quantity of absorbent matter, must be used.

C.4986.—Price 3d.

 

2. Regulation 243 is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—

Rates of Postage, Etc.

243. The following shall be the rates of postage charged on Inland and Inter-State parcels, viz.:—

Destination	Rates of Postage on a Parcel not exceeding—
	1lb		2lb		3lb		4lb		5lb		6lb		7lb		8lb		9lb		10lb		11lb
s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Inland...........	0	6	0	9	1	0	1	3	1	6	1	9	2	0	2	3	2	6	2	9	3	0
Inter-State.....	0	8	1	2	1	8	2	2	2	8	3	2	3	8	4	2	4	8	5	2	5	8

The foregoing rates shall be increased by fifty per cent. in the case of parcels marked “fragile” or “perishable,” or which the senders require to be protected in the mails in transit.

 

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