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

STATUTORY RULES.

1911. No. 214.

 

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1910.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the undermentioned amended Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1910, namely,

Postal Regulations.

Packets.—1. Within the Commonwealth and to Papua (British New Guinea), New Zealand, and Fiji; Books; Printed Papers,

should come into immediate operation, and make the amended Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this 18th day of December, One thousand nine hundred and eleven.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. E. FRAZER.

 

Postal Regulations.

Packets.—1. Within the Commonwealth and to Papua (British New Guinea), New Zealand, and Fiji.

The Regulations under this head (Gazette No. 26 of the 5th June, 1902, as amended by Statutory Rules 1911, No 89), are amended by inserting immediately before the Regulation, under the sub-head “Magazines,” the following new Regulation:—

“Books.”

The following articles shall not be eligible for transmission at the book rate of postage:—

Account books, albums (with or without photographs or pictures), catalogues and all publications issued in book form for the purpose of advertisement, diaries, directories, guide books, journals of fashion, music (bound or loose), pamphlets, pocket books, programmes of competitions, prospectuses, reports of companies and other business concerns or of insti­tutions, &c., stationery of all kinds bound in book form, time-tables, and generally all matter properly coming under the head of “printed papers,” “commercial papers,” or “merchandise.”

Printed Papers.

Regulation 1 under this head (Statutory Rules 1911, No. 89), is amended by inserting after the word “catalogues” the signs and words “(except those wholly set up and printed in Australia)”.

 

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

C.103.—Price 3d.