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

STATUTORY RULES.

1908. No. 10.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901.

(Issued provisionally as Statutory Rules No. 112 and No. 113.)

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:—

General Postal Regulations.

Payment of Postage by the Receiver.

Money Orders.

Telegraphic Regulations

Telegrams within the Commonwealth.—Urgent Telegrams.

Telephone Regulations.

Part 1.—Telephone Exchanges.

to come into operation on the eighth day of February, 1908.

Dated this fifteenth day of January, One thousand nine hundred and eight.

NORTHCOTE,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

SAMUEL MAUGER.

 

General Postal Regulations.

Payment of Postage by the Receiver.

The regulations under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902) are amended by the following addition:—

Postal articles enclosed in envelopes addressed to—

“The Commonwealth Statistician,

MELBOURNE.”

may, if posted within the Commonwealth, 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.

C.234.—Price 3d.

 

MONEY ORDERS.

The regulations under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902) are amended by repealing regulations 10 and 12, and substituting the following in lieu thereof:—

 

10. The remitter must also send a telegram to the payee advising the latter of the correct amount remitted and of the name of the office at which the amount is payable and such telegram must be handed to the paying officer to be retained by him. Nothing of a private nature should therefore be inserted therein.

 

12. When persons apply for payment they must state their own names (unless personally known to the Paying Officer), and also the name of the remitter.

 

If the person who presents the private telegram of advice is not known to the Paying Teller (or Officer) the latter must satisfy himself by inquiry, and, if necessary, by requiring such person to produce proof as to the bona fides of the claim to payment of the amount of the money order to which such telegram relates.

 

Proof of identity must be furnished in all cases where the amount of the Money Order exceeds £ 10and the person presenting the private telegram of advice is not known to the Paying Officer or Postmaster or Officer in Charge.

 Necessary receipts must be given.

 

12A. Telegraph Money Orders issued on Telephone Money Order Offices shall not be paid until the official advice has been received by post from the nearest Telegraph Office.

 

12B. Private Money Order advices addressed to a Post-office to be called for or delivered through a post-office at an address must be registered, without charge, before being posted. Where the advice is addressed to a post-office the postal official will endeavour as far as practicable to satisfy himself that the applicant for such advice is the person for whom it is intended and the latter must furnish his address in the receipt-book.

 

TELEGRAPHIC REGULATIONS

Telegrams within the Commonwealth.

Urgent Telegrams.

The regulations under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902) are repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—

Urgent telegrams, for transmission to places within the Commonwealth, shall be accepted from the public on payment of double the ordinary fee. Such telegrams will be transmitted and delivered in preference to any other telegram except Government telegrams under Rule 13, and “Service” telegrams. “Urgent” forms and envelopes must be used for “Urgent” telegrams.

When the sender of an urgent telegram prepays a reply, the officer accepting the telegram must ascertain if the reply is also to be treated as urgent or as an ordinary telegram, and the fact, as the case may be, must be stated in the preamble of the telegram, thus:— “Reply paid, urgent rate,” or “Reply paid, ordinary rate.” These words must be paid for by the sender of the telegram.

 

TELEPHONE REGULATIONS.

Part 1.—Telephone Exchanges.

Regulation 30 under this head (Statutory Rules 1906, No. 114) is amended by deleting the following lines, viz:—

 

s.	d.
Trembling bell, 3-in., with battery, including two-way switch ...	10	0
Trembling bell, 5-in., with battery, including two-way switch ...	15	0
6-in., trembling bell, with battery, and two-way switch ...	17	6
and substituting the following in lieu thereof:—
Bells, trembling, with battery and two-way switch—
Bells with gongs not exceeding 3½ inches in diameter ...	10	0
Bells with gongs over 3½ inches and not exceeding 5 inches in  diameter ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	15	0
Bells with gongs over 5 inches and not exceeding 8 inches in  diameter ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	17	6

  

Regulation 28 under this head (Statutory Rules 1907, No. 46) is amended by repealing paragraph 2 thereof and substituting the following paragraph: —

Where the Exchange Line is metallic circuit any Extension Line connecting therewith must also be metallic circuit, except in cases where single-wire extensions can be used without detriment to the service, in which latter case the subscriber shall pay the fee prescribed in Regulation 30 for such translators and/or other apparatus as may be necessary to enable the connexion to be made.

              

By Authority: J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer, Melbourne.