Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1910. No. 135.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901.

(Issued provisionally as Statutory Rules 1910, Nos. 91 and 92.)

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 Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901, namely:—

Postal Regulations.

Electoral Papers.

Payment of Postage by the Receiver.

Official Correspondence—Commonwealth of Australia.

Telephone Regulations.

Part XIX.—Miscellaneous—Temporary Telephonic Communication.

to come into operation on the fourteenth day of January, 1911.

Dated this twenty-second day of December, One thousand nine hundred and ten.

DUDLEY,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOSIAH THOMAS.

 

Postal Regulations.

Electoral Papers.

The Regulation under this head (Statutory Rules 1910, No. 47) is amended by repealing paragraph (1) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph;—

“(1) Postal articles containing electoral papers may be sent by post free of charge from or to electoral or police officers if—

(a) they contain only electoral papers as defined in this Regulation, and the words ‘Commonwealth Electoral Papers only, Post Free,’ are printed or written on the envelope or wrapper, or upon the papers themselves if they are eligible for transmission without envelopes or wrappers:

Provided that such articles when posted by electoral or police officers to persons who are not electoral or police officers shall also bear the signature and address of the sender, which may be printed or written on the envelope or wrapper, or upon the papers themselves; or

C.17846.—Price 3d.

(b) they consist of ballot-papers sent in covers bearing the following indorsements and address printed thereon, namely:—

O. H. M. S.

Electoral Papers Only.

Post Free.

No.

Postal Ballot-Paper,

Not to be opened until scrutiny.

The Returning Officer for the

Commonwealth Electoral

Division of

………………”

 

Payment of Postage by the Receiver.

Official Correspondence—Commonwealth of Australia.

The Regulation under this head (Gazette No. 7, of 13th February, 1903, Page 90) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:—

Postal articles enclosed in envelopes bearing the following indications, namely:—

“Commonwealth Census of 1911.”

“O.H.M.S.”

“Postage to be paid on delivery under provisions of Section 97, (q) of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901.”

and addressed to—

The State Supervisor of Census in any State, or the Enumerator in any Census District,

may, if posted within the Commonwealth of Australia, be sent by post without prepayment of postage, but the postage thereon at prepaid rates shall be paid by the person to whom they are addressed, upon their delivery to him.

 

Telephone Regulations.

Part XIX.—Miscellaneous—Temporary Telephonic Communication.

Regulation 125 under this head (Statutory Rules 1906, No, 114) is amended by repealing the 2nd paragraph and inserting the following in lieu thereof:—

In addition to which the following charges shall be payable:—

(a) If the telephones are used without exchange service, 10s. per month or portion thereof up to six months, for each set of telephones used.

(b) If the telephones are connected with any public telephone exchange, the rates prescribed by Part IV. or Part VI. of these Regulations.

Provided, however, that the charge mentioned in (a) shall not be made in the case of temporary telephonic communication required by Rifle Clubs.

 

Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by J. Kemp,