Post and Telegraph Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1924. No. 15.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901–1923.

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 Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1923, to come into operation on and from 1st February, 1924.

Dated this sixth day of February, 1924.

FORSTER,

Governor‑General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. GIBSON,

Postmaster‑General.

 

Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348, as amended to this date.)

Regulation 372a is repealed, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Lettergrams.

372a. (1) Letter telegrams, in this regulation referred to as lettergrams, shall be accepted for transmission within the Commonwealth, subject to the conditions contained in this regulation.

(2) Lettergrams will be accepted at any hour at telegraph offices which are open after 7 p.m. subject to the condition that delivery is effected by posting at the lettergram office of destination. Lettergrams will be delivered as ordinary letters by the first delivery on the day following that on which the lettergram is handed in. They may also be accepted for transmission by telegraph to a lettergram office for further despatch by mail within or beyond the Commonwealth. If lettergrams are intended to be forwarded by post beyond the Commonwealth, payment of the postage charges must be made by the sender. From the moment the lettergram is posted at the lettergram office of destination it shall be regarded and handled as a letter.

(3) Lettergrams must be written in the English language, must have a connected meaning, and must bear the word “Lettergram” before the address, such word to be counted.

(4) Lettergrams shall not be transmitted as “Multiple” lettergrams nor shall Registered Addresses be used in lettergrams.

(5) In all other respects the form and manner in which lettergrams are written must be in accordance with the regulations dealing with ordinary telegrams.

C.1239.—Price 3d.

 

(6) The address should be set out as indicated in the following typical example:—

Lettergram—John Watson, 17 Bourke‑street, Ararat.

(7) Subscribers to a telephone exchange at which service is given between the hours of 7 p.m. and midnight may transmit a lettergram during those hours by telephone to the nearest telegraph office which is open for lettergram business, where they will be treated similarly to lettergrams handed in at that office. In such cases  the subscribers shall be required to pay, in addition to the charge for transmission, a telephoning fee of 3d. for each forty words or portion thereof.

(8) There shall be charged in respect of lettergrams which are to be transmitted over the trunk line system to or from offices where trunk line facilities are available after 7 p.m., in addition to the charge for transmission and the telephoning for specified in the last preceding sub‑regulation, the charge for the use of the trunk line as provided by the Telephone Regulations.

 

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