Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1912.
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
Regulation under the
Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913.
(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348.)
should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.
Dated this 13th day of February, One thousand nine hundred and fourteen.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
AGAR WYNNE.
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AMENDMENT OF POST AND TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS 1913.
(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348.)
After Regulation 372 the following
Regulation is
372a. (1) Letter Telegrams shall be accepted for transmission within the Commonwealth, subject to the conditions contained in this Regulation.
(2) Letter Telegrams will be forwarded by telegraph during the night to the place of destination, and will be delivered as ordinary letters by first delivery, or despatched by mail in the ordinary way.
(3) Letter Telegrams may be exchanged between any of the following offices:—
(
a ) Offices which are open for the receipt of ordinary business between 7 p.m. and midnight;(
b ) Offices which are open for ordinary or press business after 7 p.m.
(4)
Letter Telegrams may be accepted for transmission
C.2327.—Price 3d.
(5) Letter Telegrams must be handed in between the hours of 7 p.m. and midnight, except in cases where the office closes after 7 p.m. and before midnight, in which case the Letter Telegram may be handed in up to the hour of closing.
(6) Letter Telegrams must be written in plain language, and must bear the word “Letter” before the address, such word to be counted as part of the address and paid for. Where the Letter Telegram is to be despatched by mail from the letter telegram office of destination, the words “post from ........” must, in addition, be added after the address, and paid for as three words. The remarks “Urgent,” “Reply Paid,” “Collation,” “Acknowledgment of Receipt,” “Multiple,” and “Registered Addresses” are not allowed in Letter Telegrams.
The address must be set out as follows:—
Letter—John Brown, 17 Bourke-street, Melbourne; or in the case mentioned in sub-regulation (4): —
Letter—John Brown, 17 Smith-street, Templestowe—Post from Melbourne.
Letter—C. Smith, Camooweal—Post from Townsville.
In all other respects the form and the manner in which Letter Telegrams are written must be in accordance with the Regulations dealing with ordinary telegrams.
(7) Express delivery is not allowed at the place of destination. Should re-direction be required it will be effected by post and without charge. Undeliverable Letter Telegrams will be treated in the same manner as undeliverable telegrams.
(8) From the moment the Letter Telegram is posted at the letter telegram office of destination, the Letter Telegram shall be regarded and handled as a letter. No guarantee can be given by the Department for the due arrival of the Letter Telegram, or against mutilation or delay The charges will only be refunded on demand in the event of the Letter Telegram having gone astray through fault or negligence of the Department’s officers, or having been delayed to such an extent that the Letter Telegram is delivered later than it would have been if posted at the time of lodgment as an ordinary letter.
Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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