STATUTORY RULES.
1906. No. 98.
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901.
(Issued provisionally as
Statutory Rule 1906, No. 64.)
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, namely:—
General
Regulations—Holiday Arrangements.
to
come into operation on the 17th day of November, 1906.
Dated this
twenty-sixth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and six.
(Sgd.) NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
By His
Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd.) ALFRED DEAKIN.
General Regulations.
Holiday
Arrangements.
The Regulations under this head and
the amendments thereof made by Statutory Rules 45 and 81 of 1904 shall be
repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof, viz.:—
Holiday
Arrangements.
3. On
Christmas Day and Good Friday the same arrangements shall be observed as on Sunday;
and on other Public Holidays the arrangements shall be as follow:—
— | New
Year’s Day, Easter Monday, King’s Birthday, Boxing Day, and Holidays
proclaimed throughout the Commonwealth, or appointed or proclaimed in any
State or part of a State, and generally observed in that State or part as
Public Holidays.
| Other
days or half-days appointed or proclaimed as Holidays in any State or part of
a State, but not generally observed in that State or part as Holidays.
|
General
Post Office— The Delivery Office, Registration Office, and office
for sale of postage stamps to be open.......
| From
9 a.m. to 12 noon | As on ordinary
days |
Private
boxes to be open as usual. The country mails usually despatched in the
afternoon and evening, also the coastwise, Inter-State, and foreign mails, to
close..................................
| At 12 noon, unless otherwise
specially intimated | As on ordinary days |
The
first delivery only. to be effected by postmen. The Parcels Office to be open...........................
| From
9 a.m. to 12 noon | As on ordinary
days |
C.12911—Price 3d.
Holiday Arrangements—continued.
— | New Year’s Day, Easter Monday, King’s Birthday,
Boxing Day, and Holidays proclaimed throughout
the Commonwealth, or appointed or proclaimed in any State or part of a State,
and generally observed in that State or part as Public Holidays.
| Other days or half-days appointed or proclaimed as
Holidays in any State or part of a State, but not
generally observed in that State or part as Holidays.
|
General
Post Office—continued. |
The Money Order Office to be open
| From
9.30 a.m. to 12 noon | As
on ordinary days |
The Chief Telegraph
Office to be open....
| As
on ordinary days |
All Post and Telegraph
Offices above the 4th Class to be open for telegraphic business
| As
on ordinary days |
Branch Offices in the
cities and suburban and country offices to be open.................................
| From 9 a m. to 12 noon, and if they do not
ordinarily close at 6 p.m., from 6 to 8 p.m.
| As on ordinary days |
The first delivery only to be made by postmen. |
The iron pillar receivers and letter boxes in the
city and metropolitan suburbs to be cleared
| Only at the ordinary hours in the morning | As
on ordinary days |
Note.—If British and Foreign Mails
arrive, or are despatched on any of the above-mentioned holidays, special
arrangements must be made to suit the public convenience.
By
Authority: J. Kemp, Acting
Government Printer, Melbourne.