Post and Telegraph Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1922. No. 133.

REGULATIONS 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 following amended Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1916, to come into operation on 31st July, 1922.

Dated this thirteenth day of September, 1922.

 

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

 

By His Excellency’s Command,

A. POYNTON,

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations.

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

1. Regulation 283 is amended by inserting after the words “Telegraph money orders” the words “other than those exchanged with the United Kingdom”.

2. The following regulation is inserted after regulation 288:—

Telegraph Money Orders Exchanged with United Kingdom.

288a. (1) Telegraph money orders for sums not exceeding the maximum amount allowed in the case of ordinary money orders may be exchanged between the Commonwealth and the United Kingdom, payable at any money order office in the Commonwealth and at any place whatsoever in the United Kingdom.

(2) The charge for a telegraph money order payable in the United Kingdom shall be:—

(a) The rate of commission for ordinary money orders payable in the United Kingdom;

(b) the cost of the official telegram of advice at the rate for deferred telegrams to that country, unless the remitter wishes to telegraph at the full rate, when the full rate shall be charged, and the telegram shall be transmitted as an ordinary telegram; and

(c) a supplementary fee of One shilling;

(3) The official telegram of advice may not be sent, as an urgent telegram.

 

(4) The remitter of a telegraph money order may be allowed, on paying for the additional words required, to add to the official telegram of advice any short communication in English which he may wish to send to the payee, and may also, if he so desires, prepay the cost of a telegraphic reply to such communication. The full rate shall be charged for the reply.

(5) If the remitter desires to send a communication to the payee by means of a separate telegram, he must pay for such separate telegram in addition to the official notification to the payee.

(6) If the telegraph money order is intended to be called for at a post-office, the words “Poste Restante” must be written as the address after the payee’s name.

(7) A registered telegraphic address may be used to indicate the payee’s address. In such cases the symbol “%” shall be inserted between the name of the payee and the registered address.

(8) If the remitter desires to receive an advice of payment, the words “Advise Payment” shall appear as the first words in the text of the official telegram of advice, but the remitter’s address need not be included in that telegram. The advice of payment shall be sent by the office of payment to the exchange office in the State of issue of the telegraph money order, which latter office must arrange for its transmission to the remitter. The charge for an advice of payment shall be Twopence halfpenny, payable by the remitter.

(9) Telegraph money orders exchanged with the United Kingdom may not be crossed for payment through a bank.

 

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