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

Statutory Rules.

1907. No. 91.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901.

(Issued provisionally as Statutory Rules 1907, No. 67.)

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.

Impressing Stamps on Envelopes, Wrappers, &c., for the Public.

Telegraphic Regulations.

Telegrams within the Commonwealth—Counting and Charging; Transmission of Shipping Intelligence by Telephone.

Telephone Regulations.—Part I.

Telephone Exchanges;

to come into operation on the 21st day of September, 1907.

Dated this twenty-ninth day of August, One thousand nine hundred and seven.

NORTHCOTE,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

SAMUEL MAUGER.

 

General Postal Regulations.

Impressing Stamps on Envelopes, Wrappers, &c., for the Public.

The Regulation under this head (made by Statutory Rules 1906, No. 106), is amended by inserting the word “either” after the sixth word (“of”) in the first line thereof and by omitting the word “and” in the same line and substituting the word “or” in lieu thereof.

Telegraphic Regulations.

Telegrams within the Commonwealth—Counting and Charging.

The Regulations under this head are amended by inserting the following Regulation:—

5. The following shall each be counted and charged for as one word if the sender desires them to be transmitted:—

(1) Underline.

(2) Parenthesis (the two signs which serve to form).

(3) Inverted commas (the two signs placed at the commencement and end of one and the same passage).

C. 11275—Price 3d.

After the Regulations under the head “Transmission of Telegrams by Telephone” the following, head and Regulation are inserted:—

Transmission of Shipping Intelligence by Telephone.

Telephone subscribers may be supplied from the Telegraph Office, through the Telephone Exchange, with shipping intelligence on payment of a fee of 6d. for every three minutes or portion of three minutes for which the services of the officer concerned are occupied in giving the information.

Telephone Regulations.

Part I.—Telephone Exchanges.

The Regulations under this head, as made by Statutory Rules 1906, No. 114, are amended by adding to Regulation 28,between the second and third paragraphs thereof, the following paragraph:—

Extension lines may also be provided to connect an Exchange Line with extra telephones or bells required for use by a person who is not the subscriber for that line.

 

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