Telegraph Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1931. No. 70.

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 following amendment of the Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1923, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fifth day of June, 1931.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

A. E. GREEN

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of the Telegraph Regulations.

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

1. Telegraph Regulation 45 is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the word “Receipt” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “Delivery”.

2. Telegraph Regulation 46 is omitted and the following new regulation inserted in its stead:—

“46. Where a messenger is not employed at the office of destination prompt delivery cannot be guaranteed, but every effort shall be made to effect delivery as early as practicable. If special arrangements for delivery are desired and can be made, the actual cost of such delivery shall be charged.”

3. Telegraph Regulation 57 is repealed and the following new regulation inserted in its stead:—

“57. (l.) A telegram may be re-directed and re-transmitted from one office to another within the Commonwealth, on the written request of the addressee or his representative, or in the absence of any such request the telegram may be re-directed officially when it is learnt by the Department’s officers that the addressee has moved to a new address. A telegram for re-transmission shall bear the remarks “Re-transmitted from” followed by the name of the office re-directing the telegram. These words shall be counted and charged for.

(2.) The charges for re-transmission by telegraph shall be at the prescribed rates for telegrams from the office re-transmitting the telegram to the new office of destination.

(3.) The charges prescribed for re-transmission shall be paid before the telegram is delivered.

1244.—Price 3d.

 

(4.) A person may request in writing that telegrams addressed to him be re-directed and forwarded by post to another address within the Commonwealth. No postage shall be charged on such telegrams.

(5.) A telegram intended for delivery from an office within the metropolitan area of a capital city or within the town area of any town and wrongly addressed to any telegraph office within that area shall be re-transmitted and delivered without additional charge.

(6.) If re-transmission by telegraph is not involved, no extra charge shall be made for re-direction of a telegram from one address to another.

(7.) Written notice of removal and instruction respecting the delivery of telegrams at hours when the addressee’s place of business is closed shall be registered free of charge.

(8.) The re-transmission of a Commonwealth telegram to a place outside the Commonwealth shall be subject to the sender or the addressee having prepaid the charges involved.”

 

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