Telegraph Regulations (Cth)
Statutory
Rules 1927, No. 142.
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part | I. | —Preliminary. |
Part | II. | —Commonwealth telegrams. |
Part | III. | —International telegrams. |
Part | IV. |
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Part | V. | —Private telegraph channels. |
Part | VI. | —Miscellaneous. |
“Commonwealth telegram” means a telegram transmitted in accordance with Part II. of these Regulations, the accepting office and the office of destination of which are both situated within the Commonwealth and its Territories (including any Territory governed by the Commonwealth under a Mandate);
“International telegram” means a telegram transmitted to or received from a telegraph office outside the Commonwealth and its Territories.
“Counter officer” means any officer whose duty it is to receive at any telegraph office telegrams for transmission.
“Paid service advice” means a telegraph message, exchanged between telegraph officials who are authorized to send them, containing instructions or information relating to telegrams
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which have been transmitted, sent at the request of the sender or addressee or the representative of the sender or addressee, on payment of the prescribed charges.
“The Act” means the
Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1923, as amended from time to time.
Part II.—Commonwealth Telegrams.
Provided that in any town in which a morning newspaper is published daily, or tri-weekly on alternate mornings, and where the newspaper regularly receives press telegrams, the telegraph office shall be kept open for the transmission and receipt of press business up to midnight without charge if, during the time in each week the office is kept open specially for press business, the number of words contained in the press telegrams received by the newspaper, averages three hundred words or more per hour:
Provided further that the proprietor of a newspaper shall not be called upon to pay any fee for keeping a telegraph office open on any Sunday, or public holiday, in cases where the telegraphic business of such newspaper on that day amounts to One pound ten shillings in value, and where the opening of only one office is required:
Provided also that in cases where the value of the telegraphic business of a newspaper on any Sunday or public holiday would, if combined with the fee charged for keeping a telegraph office open, exceed One pound ten shillings, only such portion of the fee shall be charged as will bring the value of the telegraphic business and the fee combined up to One pound ten shillings. If the opening of more than one office is required, the fees prescribed by this Regulation shall be paid in respect of each additional office.
(2) All telegrams transmitted shall be paid for at the prescribed rates.
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(3) An office shall not be opened under this Regulation on more than one occasion on any day, at the request of any one person.
(4) In cases of a specially urgent nature, where it is not possible to give the notice stipulated in sub-regulation (1) of this Regulation, telegrams may be transmitted after the office, has been closed for the day, provided the attention of the officer in charge of the office with which it is desired to transact business can be obtained. The charges for this service shall be the same as indicated in sub-regulation (1) of this Regulation. Offices closed during luncheon hours may be reopened for the transmission of telegrams of an urgent nature on payment of an opening fee of One shilling and sixpence for thirty minutes or portion thereof, in addition to the urgent rates for the telegram.
(5) Only the person who pays for keeping an office open after the ordinary business hours is entitled to transact business during such special attendance. Should any other person desire to transact business at such times, he may do so on payment of the above-mentioned charges:
Provided that if any office be kept open for the receipt of press telegrams for more than one newspaper, only one charge shall be made and such charge shall be divided equally between the newspapers concerned.
(6) Similar arrangements may be made at a semi-official or non-official office, where the person in charge is willing to give the necessary attendance on payment of a fee not exceeding One shilling and sixpence for each thirty minutes, or portion thereof, during which it is desired that the office shall be kept open, in addition to the charges prescribed for the transmission of telegrams.
(2) Such telegrams, accompanied by the telegraph charges, either in cash or postage stamps, shall be enclosed in sealed envelopes marked “Telegram for Transmission” and shall be transmitted when business is resumed. The signature and the address of the sender shall appear on each telegram in accordance with Regulation 20 of these Regulations.
(3) If the full amount payable for the transmission of a telegram be not enclosed, the telegram shall be forwarded to its destination, but the addressee shall be required to pay, before delivery, the amount short paid together with the cost of the necessary instruction to the delivering office to collect the amount of short payment. If the addressee of the telegram refuses to pay any charges due thereon, the sender shall pay them.
(2) If the full amount payable for the transmission of the telegram be not enclosed, the telegram shall be forwarded to its destination, but the addressee shall be required to pay, before delivery, the amount short paid, together with the cost of the necessary instruction to the delivering office to collect the amount of the short payment. If the addressee of the telegram refuses to pay the charges due, the sender shall pay them.
(3) A telegram posted in accordance with this Regulation shall be enclosed in an envelope (on which postage is not payable) marked “Telegram only” and be addressed to the officer in charge at the nearest telegraph or telephone office.
(2) Pads of telegram forms may be obtained by the public at the price of sixpence per one hundred forms.
(3) Banks, public departments, and similar institutions may provide their own telegram forms, but such forms shall be in accordance with those provided by the Department. A proof of the telegram form desired shall be submitted for the approval of the Secretary of the Department.
(i) Paid supplementary instructions;
(ii) Address;
(iii) Text; and
(iv) Signature.
(2) Ordinal numbers such as 1st, 25th, or 50th, and sums of money such as 7½d., 9d., 1/10½d., or 12/6/8, may be written in figures and letters in the text of telegrams as shown abbreviated in this regulation.
(2) The sender may have any instructions, such as “private” “ confidential ”, “ to be opened at once ” or the like written on the outside of the envelope of a telegram. Such instructions shall be written before the address and shall be counted and charged for as part of the telegram.
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(2) An address consisting of only two words, representing the addressee and the office of destination, shall not be accepted, except in the case of press telegrams and telegrams addressed to “Police,” “Postmaster,” and “ Stationmaster,” unless the sender guarantees that the word representing the addressee is a registered code address.
(3) When a telegram is intended to he delivered to one person care of another person, the word “care” shall be written in the address immediately after the name of the addressee.
(4) When a telegram is addressed to a person at a registered code address other than the person who has registered such address (or to an official in the employ of the person who has registered such address, addressed by his official title such as “Cashier,” “Accountant,” or, in the case of a company or institution, “President,” “Secretary”), the word “care” or its equivalent shall appear immediately before the registered code address, otherwise the telegram shall not be accepted for transmission.
(5) The address shall include the name of a telegraph office.
(6) When a telegram is addressed to a town having a name borne by towns in two or more States, the name of the State (except in the case of telegrams intended for Perth, Western Australia) shall be included in the address and charged for when the telegram is intended for an interstate office.
(7) Telegrams relating to horse racing or betting on races or sports shall not be accepted at any telegraph office if addressed to any post office, poste restante or telegraph office to be called for, or if addressed care of any person employed in an official capacity at any such post office, poste restante, or telegraph office.
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a ) In plain language;(
b ) In code;(
c ) In cipher; or(
d ) In a mixture of plain language, code, cipher or of any of them.
(2) Stamped, type-written, or carbon-copied names shall not be accepted as signatures to telegrams.
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(3) The sender’s address shall, unless such address is well known to the Department’s officers, also appear on the telegram form, either after the sender’s signature on the face of the telegram or on the back thereof.
(2) When registration is effected after 1st April payment to 31st March next following shall be at the rate of Five shillings per month, with a minimum charge of Ten shillings, but in no case shall the charge exceed Two pounds two shillings.
(3) The concession mentioned in the last preceding sub-regulation shall not be allowed to a person, firm, or company who or which previously registered the code address but failed to renew the registration. In such a case the code address shall be re-registered only on payment of the full fee of Two pounds two shillings in advance for the balance of the year ending 31st March next following the payment.
(4) The fee shall be charged in respect of each code address and relative full address registered at any one office.
(5) The fee mentioned in sub-regulation (1) of this regulation shall also cover the registered code address for International telegrams as provided in sub-regulation (5) of regulation 72 of these Regulations.
(6) A code address registered in any State for International telegrams shall not be used in such State for Commonwealth telegrams, unless both registrations are effected by the same person or firm.
(7) The following conditions shall apply to the registration of code addresses, viz.:—
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a ) The address shall consist of two words only, namely, the code indicator and the name of the office of destination;(
b ) the word forming the code indicator shall be easy to read and easy to telegraph. Proper names shall only be registered in cases where it is considered locally that the registration of such name is not likely to give rise to confusion. A proper name containing more than ten letters may be registered as a code indicator, but shall be counted at the rate of one word for every ten letters or part thereof. In no case shall a proper name be registered for a person, firm, or company of a different name;(
c ) the word forming the code indicator shall not consist of a number, or of the name of a profession, trade, country, State, town, telegraph station, well-known street, or registered newspaper, except in the case of an abbreviated address registered by the proprietor of such newspaper;(
d ) the Postmaster-General shall reject words which, either in writing or in telegraph symbols, so closely resemble other registered words as to be liable to be mistaken for them. Persons applying for the registration of code addresses should submit several words, from which a selection may be made;
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e ) all addresses registered for delivery within a city postal area shall contain the name of that city. The name of a district in the postal area of a town shall not be substituted for the name of the town;(
f ) the Postmaster-General reserves to himself the right to cancel any registered code address. In such a case a part of the registration fee proportionate to the unexpired period for which payment has been made shall be returned, or a new address substituted for the one cancelled; and(
g ) in the event of a change in the title of a firm for which a registered code address is recorded, the consent, in writing, of all the partners of the firm shall be produced before the records are altered.
(8) A person, firm, or company who or
which has paid the prescribed fee for the registration of a registered code
address under this regulation may have such address notified in the
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telegram written in English, a sender submits words which are not contained in
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a ) Words in any admitted language having no connected meaning; or(
b ) Artificial words, pronounceable according to the usage of any of the admitted languages,
shall be deemed to be written in code.
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a ) Groups of letters not being words in plain language or code; or(
b ) Groups of Arabic figures having a secret meaning,
shall be deemed to be written in cipher.
Provided, however, that dashes which serve only to separate the different words or groups of a telegram shall not be transmitted, and signs of punctuation, apostrophes and hyphens shall not be transmitted unless expressly desired and paid for.
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(i) the name of the telegraph office of destination; and
(ii) in the case of a telegram addressed to a telegraph office in the State of New South Wales, South Australia, or Western Australia, the name of such State;
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d ) Inverted commas (the two signs placed at the commencement and end of the one and the same passage); and(
e ) Every isolated character, letter or figure as well as every sign of punctuation, apostrophe, or hyphen which the sender desires to be transmitted.
Provided that the prefix “St.” shall be deemed to be part of the word which it precedes; thus “St. James” shall be counted as one word.
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a ) Cardinal numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine (inclusive);(
b ) Ordinal numbers from twenty-first to ninety-ninth (inclusive); and(
c ) the words half-penny, onepenny, twopenny, twopence, threepenny, threepence, fourpenny, fourpence, fivepenny, fivepence, sixpenny, sixpence, sevenpenny, sevenpence, eightpenny, eightpence, ninepenny, ninepence, tenpenny, tenpence, elevenpenny, and elevenpence.
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(2) Letters added to figures in an address denoting the number of a house, a private post-office box, or a telephone number, shall also be counted as figures in the group in which they occur.
(3) In all other cases where a figure or group of figures is preceded or followed by a letter, the letter shall be counted as a separate word; thus, “95a” shall be counted as two words.
(4) The commercial sign “£,” representing pounds, may be used before a figure or group of figures but it shall be counted and charged for as one word.
Provided that at offices where approved cash registers are used, the charges on telegrams may be prepaid in cash.
(2) Where an overpayment is made on a telegram, and stamps have been affixed thereto, the stamps shall not on any account be removed, but if application is made the amount involved may be refunded.
(2) The addressee or the sender of a telegram may have the whole or any part of it repeated on payment of the cost of the telegram requesting the repetition and of the reply.
Provided that where the addressee of a telegram requests a repetition with the object of having errors or supposed errors in the telegram rectified, and such addressee is known to the Postmaster or Officer in charge, he may have the whole or part of the telegram repeated upon signing an undertaking to pay the cost of the telegram requesting the repetition and the reply thereto in the event of no error having been made by the telegraph service. Upon demand, the person signing the undertaking shall pay the charges guaranteed to be paid.
(3) If the repetition shows that an error was made in the transmission of the original telegram any money paid for the repetition shall be refunded.
(4) Refund of any charges paid for the repetition shall not be made if in the transmission of the original telegram no error was made, or if the error made was due to a word being written by the sender in a doubtful manner.
(5) Refund shall not be made in respect of any rectifying telegram which, instead of being exchanged between the telegraph offices as a paid service advice, was exchanged direct between sender and addressee.
(2) In cases where the telegram is cancelled before the commencement of transmission, the amount paid shall be refunded; but if the transmission has commenced, the sum shall not be refunded.
(3) Where the transmission has been completed a paid service advice shall, if prepaid by the sender, be sent to the office of destination, and if the telegram has been delivered to the addressee prior to the receipt of the advice of cancellation, the sender shall be informed that the attempt to cancel his telegram has failed. In the absence of any contrary indication in the request for cancellation, if the telegram has been delivered to the addressee, the latter shall be informed of the request for cancellation.
(4) If the sender has paid for a telegraphic reply to the request for cancellation, the office which cancels the telegram shall advise the office of origin by telegraph; otherwise the reply shall be sent by post.
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Provided that telegrams for delivery to addressees beyond a radius of 3 miles but within 3½ miles from a Chief Telegraph Office shall be delivered on payment of a charge of 3d. for each delivery, irrespective of the number of telegrams for the same addressee delivered at the one time.
(2) For telegrams to be delivered on shipboard a charge for boat hire, if necessary, may be made.
(3) Delivery of a telegram cannot be undertaken in any case in which natural obstacles or other difficulties intervene.
(4) Receipts need not be obtained from the addressees of Commonwealth telegrams except those bearing the supplementary instruction “Acknowledgement Receipt.”
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a ) to the addressee or (except when instructions to the contrary have been given) to some person at the residence of the addressee; or(
b ) to the addressee or his duly appointed representative—at the post office; or
at the telegraph office.
Provided that, as prescribed in Part IV. of these Regulations, telegrams may be delivered to the addressee by telephone.
(2) Telegrams for railway passengers stall be delivered into the care of the stationmaster.
(3) In the case of telegrams to be delivered from the Chief Telegraph Office or the Branch Offices in capital cities, or the principal telegraph offices in cities outside the metropolitan area, if access cannot be gained at the address given, or if the messenger is unable to find any person who is prepared to take delivery of the telegram, a notice shall be left at the address, and the telegram shall be returned to the telegraph office, to be delivered to the addressee or his nominee upon application, unless the addressee has lodged an order that the telegram is to be disposed of in some other way. If not applied for in the meantime the telegram shall be sent out a second time when a messenger passes the address given.
(4) In the case of telegrams to be delivered from offices other than those mentioned in the last preceding Sub-regulation, if there is no attendance at the office or residence to which the telegram is addressed, the messenger shall leave the telegram under the door provided he is satisfied, after inquiry in the vicinity, that the addressee is not absent for any lengthy period, and provided further that the addressee has not lodged an order that the telegram is to be disposed of in some other way.
(2) The sender may complete, rectify, or confirm the address only by means of a paid service advice.
(3) If after confirmation of the address, the telegram is delivered, the sender shall be entitled to a refund of the cost of the telegram confirming the address.
Provided that telegrams to be delivered by post shall be subject, as to delivery and preservation, to the Postal Regulations.
(2) The Postal Regulations shall not apply to telegrams addressed “poste restante” or “post office”; the delivery and preservation of such telegrams shall be governed by these Regulations.
(2) Such telegrams shall take precedence, in transmission and delivery, of any other telegrams, except Government telegrams under sub-section (1) of section 95 of the Act, urgent-service telegrams, and urgent-rate International telegrams.
(3) The authorized special forms and envelopes shall be used for urgent-rate telegrams.
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(2) The prepaid reply shall be charged for at the same rate (that is, ordinary or urgent) as the original telegram. The sender of an urgent rate reply-paid telegram may, however, require that the reply he sent at ordinary rate, by inserting the words “reply paid ordinary” as the supplementary instruction in the original telegram and prepaying the proper charges. Similarly the sender of an ordinary rate reply-paid telegram may require that the reply be sent at urgent rate by inserting the words “reply paid urgent” as the supplementary instruction in the original telegram and prepaying the proper charges.
(3) On delivery to the addressee, a reply-paid telegram shall be accompanied by a reply voucher equal to the amount prepaid for the reply.
(4) A reply voucher need not necessarily be used for a reply but may be used to prepay or partly prepay the charges on any single telegram or lettergram for transmission to any place within the Commonwealth within three months from the date of issue.
(5) If the sender of the reply telegram refuses to pay any excess upon the amount prepaid, excess words may be sent only in accordance with the provisions of regulation 60 of these Regulations.
(6) If the addressee of a reply-paid telegram refuses or fails to use the reply-form, the amount paid for the reply shall, if the unused reply-form remains in the possession of the Department, or is produced by the sender, be refunded to the sender of the original telegram at the expiration of three months from its date of issue, or at an earlier date if an application for refund is made by the sender.
(7) A telegram containing the words “reply paid” or the indication “R.P.” shall not be accepted for transmission unless the charges for a reply have actually been prepaid by the sender of the telegram.
(2) Where this service is desired the telegram shall bear the supplementary instruction “Repetition” in the preamble. This instruction shall be counted and charged for as part of the telegram.
(3) The additional charge for repetition shall be one-half the charge for an ordinary rate telegram of the same length between the office of origin and the office of destination.
(4) The repetition of such telegrams shall be treated as paid service advices.
(2) If an acknowledgment of delivery be required by telegraph the sender shall write before the address the supplementary instruction “Acknowledgment Delivery” (which instruction shall be counted and charged for as part of the telegram) and pay an additional amount equal to the charge for an ordinary rate telegram between the office of origin and the office of destination. The telegraphic Acknowledgment of Delivery shall be treated as a paid service advice.
(3) If an acknowledgment of delivery be required by post card the sender shall write before the address the supplementary instruction “Postal Acknowledgment Delivery” ( which instruction shall be counted and charged for as part of the telegram), and pay an additional fee of One penny.
(2) Where notice that redirection is required has been given prior to the receipt of the telegram, the charges for retransmission shall be at the usual rates for telegrams from the office retransmitting the telegram to the new office of destination, less Threepence.
(3) Where notice that redirection is required has not been given prior to the receipt of the telegram, the charges for retransmission shall be at the usual rates for telegrams from the office retransmitting the telegram to the new office of destination.
(4) When application is made for the redirection of a telegram the addressee or his representative may, in addition to furnishing the prescribed undertaking, be required to deposit with the postmaster or officer in charge an amount sufficient to cover the cost of the estimated number of telegrams to be redirected.
(5) A telegram addressed to a hotel or house at which lodgers are received may, on the written request of the addressee or the proprietor of such hotel or house, and on the addressee or proprietor undertaking to pay the retransmission charges, be redirected and retransmitted to another office within the Commonwealth if the addressee has left such hotel or house. The proprietor of such hotel or house shall, for the purpose of this regulation, be deemed to be the representative of the addressee.
(6) The charges prescribed for retransmission shall be paid before the telegram is delivered.
(7) If at the residence of the addressee of a telegram a new address is given which requires delivery from another office, and the addressee has not furnished an undertaking to pay the charges for the telegraphic retransmission, and the person furnishing the new address refuses to give such an undertaking, a copy of the telegram shall be posted to the addressee at the new address and the telegram shall be held for the prescribed period.
(8) A person may request, in writing, that telegrams addressed to him be redirected and forwarded by post to another address within the Commonwealth. No postage shall be charged on such telegrams.
(9) 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 office within that area shall be retransmitted and delivered without any additional charge.
(10) If retransmission is not involved, no extra charge shall be made for redirection of a telegram from one address to another.
(11) Notices of removal, and instructions, in writing, respecting the delivery of telegrams at hours when the addressee’s place of business is closed shall be registered free of charge.
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(2) Multiple telegrams shall bear a supplementary instruction, for example, “4 addresses,” before the address. This supplementary instruction shall be counted and charged for as one word.
(3) In the address of multiple telegrams the figures 2, 3, 4 or as the case may be, shall be written by the sender immediately before the second and subsequent addresses respectively, and such figures, which are to be transmitted, shall not be counted or charged for.
(4) The name of the office of destination is needed only once in multiple telegrams—at the end of the address.
(5) The charge for an ordinary rate multiple telegram shall be the charge for a single telegram for the first copy, and an additional charge of Fivepence for each fifty words or fraction of fifty words contained in each copy after the first.
(6) The charge for an urgent rate multiple telegram shall be the charge for a single urgent rate telegram for the first copy, and an additional charge of Tenpence for each fifty words, or fraction of fifty words, contained in each copy after the first.
(7) Multiple press telegrams may be transmitted throughout the Commonwealth. The charge for a multiple press telegram shall be the charge for a single press telegram for the first copy, and an additional charge of Fivepence for each fifty words or fraction of fifty words contained in each copy after the first.
(2) When the sender is not known to the Postmaster or Officer in Charge, a “collect” telegram may be accepted upon the sender lodging with the Postmaster or Officer in Charge a deposit sufficient to cover the cost of transmission of the telegram and the advice of the addressee’s refusal to pay.
(3) The word “collect” shall appear in the preamble of “collect” telegrams, and shall be counted and charged for as part of the telegram.
(2) Delivery of lettergrams shall be effected by posting at the lettergram office of destination.
(3) Except as provided in Part IV. of these Regulations, the charges for transmission of lettergrams shall be prepaid.
(4) Lettergrams shall bear the word “lettergram” before the address, such word to be counted and charged for as part of the lettergram.
(5) The address shall contain the name of a telegraph office to which lettergrams may be transmitted.
(6) Lettergrams shall be written in the English language and shall have a connected meaning.
(7) If numbers, written in letters or in figures, are used in the text of lettergrams, the number of those words and groups shall not exceed a third of the number of paid words in the text.
(8) Lettergrams shall not be transmitted as “Multiple” lettergrams. A registered code address shall not be used for the address of a lettergram. “Express delivery” of lettergrams at the office of destination shall not be permitted.
(9) The sender of a lettergram may prepay the cost of a reply. In such cases the sender shall write before the address the supplementary instruction “Reply paid” which shall be counted and charged for as part of the lettergram.
(10) The prepaid reply to a lettergram shall be charged for at lettergram rate. The sender may, however, require that the reply be sent at ordinary telegram rate by inserting the words “Reply Paid Ordinary” as the supplementary instruction in the lettergram and prepaying the proper charges. Similarly, the sender may require that the reply be sent at urgent telegram rate by inserting the words “Reply Paid Urgent” as the supplementary instruction and prepaying the proper charges.
(11) In all other respects the form and manner in which lettergrams are written shall be in accordance with the regulations dealing with ordinary telegrams.
(12) Lettergrams shall be delivered as ordinary letters by the first delivery on the day following that on which the lettergram is handed in. From the moment the lettergram is posted at the lettergram office of destination it shall be regarded and handled as a letter.
(13) Lettergrams may also be accepted, for transmission by telegraph to a lettergram office for further despatch by mail within or beyond the Commonwealth. If a lettergram is intended to be forwarded by post beyond the Commonwealth the sender shall pay the postage fee in addition to the lettergram rate.
(14) A subscriber to a telephone exchange at which service is given between the hours of 7 p.m. and midnight may during those hours transmit a lettergram by telephone to the nearest telegraph office which is open for lettergram business, where it shall be treated as a lettergram handed in at that office. In such cases the subscriber shall be required to pay, in addition to the lettergram rate, the relative charges prescribed in Part IV. of these Regulations.
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(2) A press telegram shall comply with the following conditions:—
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a ) The telegram shall be sent by a recognized or authorized correspondent, and be addressed to a registered newspaper or recognized agency for supplying telegraphic information to newspapers (in these Regulations referred to as a “news agency”). If addressed to a manager, editor, or other person by name, it shall be charged for at full ordinary rate.(
b ) The telegram shall contain only intelligence which is intended for immediate publication in a newspaper, or for immediate exhibition in the news room of the newspaper or recognized news agency to which it is addressed; and(
c ) The telegram shall not contain—(i) Letters to the editor;
(ii) Advertisements;
(iii) Election addresses;
(iv) Anything not intended for immediate publication or exhibition; or
(v) Anything for the publication of which in a newspaper payment or consideration is usually made.
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d ) The telegram shall be written in plain language—and in English.
(3) Telegrams containing any public news other than advertisements or matter inserted for payment or consideration, which has appeared in any local newspaper, may be transmitted at press rates to any station at which no newspaper is published, but in such cases the charges shall be prepaid.
(4) The sender of a press telegram may request that the charges be collected from the newspaper or news agency to which it is addressed. In that case the word “Collect” shall appear in the preamble of the telegram and shall be counted and charged for. In the event of the newspaper or news agency to which the telegram is addressed refusing to pay the charges the sender shall pay the amount due.
(5) Any telegram containing the odds on future races shall not be transmitted at press rates to any office in any State in which the publication of such odds in newspapers is prohibited.
(6) Instructions absolutely necessary in connexion with the publication of a press telegram, such as “Turn one,” “To precede,” “To follow,” “Substitute for previous,” “Good-night,” or “Finis,” are allowed as part of the text of the telegram; but inquiries, such as “Can you take 2,000 more,” not necessary in connexion with the publication of the telegram, shall not be allowed in the text of a press telegram.
ordinary rate if subsequently called upon so to do. Any such telegram shall,
immediately after transmission, be forwarded by post to the Deputy Postmaster-General, who shall decide whether it shall be charged for as a press telegram or as an ordinary telegram.
(8) “Commonwealth press telegrams” mean press telegrams within the Commonwealth relating to parliamentary, executive, and departmental proceedings of the Commonwealth, including reports of proceedings of Federal royal commissions, or parliamentary papers and bills; or summaries thereof, without notes or comments, or any extraneous matter beyond what may be necessary to afford a connective statement of the facts.
(9) Ordinary telegrams shall take precedence of press telegrams in transmission between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Press telegrams received at any one time addressed to a newspaper or news agency between the hours mentioned may be restricted to five hundred words.
(10) Press telegrams shall be lodged in time to permit of transmission being completed by the time at which the offices of origin or destination usually close allowing one minute for each twenty words where transmission is direct, and two minutes for each twenty words where transmission involves repetition through an intermediate office.
(11) Where it is desired that press telegrams shall take precedence of ordinary telegrams, they shall be charged for at the rate prescribed for urgent rate private telegrams.
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a ) the telegram contains no comments;(
b )no newspaper is published in the town or place to which the telegram is addressed; and(
c ) the charges are prepaid.
Provided that no charge need be made for supplying shipping intelligence from a telegraph office at which telegrams are not received from the public for transmission.
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Provided, however, that in the latter case no such message shall exceed twelve words in length.
(2) Rainfall information in plain language may be transmitted at the rates charged for press telegrams.
(2) A telegram may be inspected by the sender or his representative on the day of lodgment, without charge, on application to the office of lodgment.
(3) The original of a telegram may be inspected by the sender, addressee, or representative of the sender or addressee, at any time during the period of preservation, on payment in advance of the search fee prescribed in the next succeeding sub-regulation.
(4) The search fee shall be One shilling where sufficient particulars are furnished to enable the telegram to be traced without an extended search; but if those particulars are not furnished, the fee shall be Two shillings and sixpence, or One shilling for each day’s telegrams examined whichever sum is the greater. The fee specified shall be charged in respect of each office of which the business is to be examined.
(5) The sender, addressee or representative of the sender or addressee may obtain a certified copy of or extracts from the telegram as handed in on payment of a fee at the rate of Threepence for every fifty words, or portion of fifty words, in addition to the search fee prescribed in the last preceding sub-regulation.
(6) If desired, the copy or extract may be sent by telegraph, in which case the search fee in addition to half the usual telegraph rates shall be charged. The copy or extract shall in transmission be treated as a paid service advice.
(2) Where a telegram is lost, or mutilated in transit, and therefore becomes useless so far as the sender is concerned, the Postmaster-General may, as an act of grace, and not in consequence of any legal liability, refund the amount paid for transmission.
made by
a Court presided over by a Judge, the President or Chairman of a Royal
Commission, a Chief Commissioner of Police, the Director of the Investigation
Branch of the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, or by the Chairman of
an Appeal Board or a Board of Inquiry constituted under the provisions of the
PART III.—INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAMS.
(2) A code address which has not previously been registered may be registered for one month on payment of Two shillings and sixpence, or for the unexpired portion of the year ending 31st March, on payment of a charge at the rate of Two shillings and sixpence per month or portion thereof, but the charge shall not in any case exceed Ten shillings and sixpence.
(3) The concession mentioned in the last preceding sub-regulation shall not be allowed to a person, firm, or company who or which has previously registered, but failed to renew the registration. In such a case the code address shall be re-registered only on payment of the full fee of Ten shillings and sixpence in advance, for the balance of the year ending the 31st March next following the payment.
(4) The fee shall be charged in respect of each abbreviated and relative full address registered at any one office.
(5) In cases where one and the same code address is registered by a person, firm or company for Commonwealth telegrams and for International telegrams, the fee of Two pounds two shillings prescribed in Regulation 21 for the registration of code addresses for Commonwealth telegrams shall cover both registrations.
(6) The conditions prescribed in Sub-regulation (7) of Regulation 21 shall apply to code addresses registered under this regulation.
(7) A person,
firm, or company who or which has paid the prescribed fee for the registration
of a code address under this regulation may have such address notified in the
POST AND TELEGRAPH—
PART IV.—PHONOGRAMS—TRANSMISSION OF TELEGRAMS BY TELEPHONE FROM OR TO SUBSCRIBERS.
(2) Telephone subscribers within a metropolitan telephone area who wish to telephone their telegrams shall telephone them to the Chief Telegraph Office, and in country districts to the nearest telegraph office.
(3) A telephone subscriber shall be responsible for the payment of any charges on telegrams telephoned from his telephone.
(4) Regulation 69 of these Regulations shall apply to telegrams or lettergrams telephoned for transmission under this regulation.
(5) Copies of telegrams received by telephone as transcribed at the telegraph office, shall be regarded as the originals.
(6) The Postmaster-General may refuse or postpone the acceptance of—
(
a ) any telegram of abnormal length;(
b ) a large number of telegrams at one time; or(
c )a telegram containing code or cipher groups,
when tendered for transmission by telephone.
(7) Telegrams may be transmitted over telephone trunk lines when the local Telegraph Office is closed. In such cases the prescribed trunk line fees, calculated on a basis of three minutes for each group of thirty paid words or portion thereof transmitted, shall be charged in addition to the charges prescribed in sub-regulation (9) of this regulation.
(8) Subscribers to a telephone exchange at which service is given between the hours of 7 p.m. and midnight may transmit lettergrams during those hours by telephone to the nearest telegraph office which is open for lettergram business where they shall be treated as lettergrams handed in at that office. Where the use of the trunk line system is necessary, the prescribed trunk line fee, calculated in the manner prescribed in the last preceding sub-regulation, shall be charged in addition to the charges prescribed by the next succeeding sub-regulation.
(9) The charge for any telegram or lettergram received by telephone for transmission shall include—
(
a )the rate prescribed for the transmission of the telegram or lettergram;(
b ) a fee of Twopence for each telegram; and(
c )the usual telephone call fee, except in the case of subscribers having direct lines to the telegraph office under the provisions of the Telephone Regulations.
(2) A confirmatory copy of any telegram so telephoned may be posted to the addressee without charge, or, if so desired by the addressee,
at a charge of Twopence per telegram.
(3) (
Smith, Windsor 1678, Melbourne; or
Jones, Telephone 567, Newcastle.
In such cases the addressee shall accept delivery by telephone.
(
(4) The Department does not undertake to deliver by telephone, telegrams which are not addressed in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation.
(2) A subscriber’s account shall be accompanied by a statement giving brief particulars of any telegram charges included. A copy of any telegram shown in the statement shall be furnished on payment by the subscriber of the fees prescribed in Regulation 68.
PART V.—PRIVATE TELEGRAPH CHANNELS.
(2) Communications which do not relate exclusively to the business of the person, firm or company who is granted the use of the channel, or communications between any person, firm, or company other than the grantee of the channel, shall not be exchanged over a telegraph channel provided under this regulation.
(3) The charges for private telegraph channels provided under this regulation shall, in each case, be fixed by the Postmaster-General.
PART VI.—MISCELLANEOUS.
POST AND TELEGRAPH—
(2) In the doing of the work every person shall—
(
a )use all reasonable and proper means to avoid any injury to, or interference with, any wire or other property of the Postmaster-General; and(
b )Comply with every reasonable requirement of the Deputy Postmaster-General or postmaster as to the method of doing the work so as to avoid any such injury or interference as aforesaid.
(3) Any expense incurred by the Postmaster-General in protecting his wires or other property from being injured or interfered with by the work, or in removing any such wire or other property to allow of the work being done and subsequently restoring it shall be paid to the Postmaster-General by the person doing the work.
(4) A person who commits a contravention of this Regulation, is guilty of an offence, and shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty not more than Ten pounds, and not less than Ten shillings.
(2) Regulations 34-46 (both inclusive) of the Telephone Regulations (Statutory Rules 1913, No. 349, as amended to the date of the commencement of this regulation) are repealed.
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