Telegraph Regulations 1927 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1930. No. 1.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1923.

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 1901-1923 to come into operation on and from 1st January, 1930.

Dated this ninth day of January, 1930.

STONEHAVEN

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. A. LYONS

Postmaster-General.

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Amendment of the Telegraph Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1927, No. 142, as amended to this date.)

Regulation 39 is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1) and inserting in its stead the following new sub-regulations:—

(1) Subject to this Regulation and to Part IV. of these Regulations the charges on telegrams shall be prepaid by means of unobliterated postage stamps which shall be affixed to the telegram form by the sender or his representative and cancelled by the Counter Officer in the presence of the person from whom the telegram is received.

(1a) At telegraph offices where approved cash registers are used, the charges on telegrams may be prepaid in cash.

(1b) A telephone subscriber, upon application and upon giving a written undertaking that he will accept responsibility for the payment of any charges on telegrams recorded in his name, may be permitted to lodge telegrams at one or more specified telegraph offices approved by the Deputy Postmaster-General, the charges payable thereon being recorded and included in the subscriber’s telephone account for telephone rental and other charges. In the case of large users an interim account may be rendered at any time. In addition to the prescribed telegraph charges, a fee of twopence shall be payable for each telegram lodged in accordance with this sub-regulation. A subscriber lodging a telegram in accordance with this sub-regulation shall insert on the face thereof the endorsement “Charge Telephone Account” followed by the name of his exchange and telephone number.

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.

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