Telephone Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1927. No. 86.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT

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 September, 1927.

Dated this third day of August, 1927.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. Gibson,

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of the Telephone Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 349, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulations 34 to 44 are omitted and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

Telephoning of Telegrams by Subscribers

(34.) Telephone subscribers may telephone telegrams or lettergrams to a telegraph office for onward transmission.

(35.) Telephone subscribers within a metropolitan telephone area shall telephone their telegrams to the Chief Telegraph Office, and in country districts to the nearest telegraph office.

(36.) A telephone subscriber shall be responsible for the payment of any charges on telegrams telephoned from his telephone.

(37.) The Department’s transcribed copies of telegrams received by telephone shall be regarded as the originals.

(38.) The Department’s non-responsibility for errors, &c., as stipulated in Post and Telegraph Regulation 346, shall apply equally to telephoned telegrams.

(39.) The Postmaster-General reserves the right to refuse or postpone the acceptance of—

(a) a telegram of abnormal length;

(b) a large number of telegrams offered at one time;

(c) a telegram containing code or cypher groups.

(40.) The charges for telegrams lodged by telephone shall be recorded and included in the subscriber’s half-yearly account for telephone rental and calls. In the case of large users an interim, account may be rendered at any time. The charges shall be:—

(a) the prescribed telegraphic charges;

(b) a fee of Twopence (2d.) for each telegram;

C. 10079.—Price 3d

 

(c) the usual telephone call fee, except in the case of subscribers having direct lines to the telegraph office under the provisions of Part XIII. of these Regulations:

A subscriber’s account will be accompanied by a statement giving brief particulars of any telegram charges included. A copy of any telegram shown in the statement will be furnished as prescribed in Post and Telegraph Regulation 374.

(41.) Telegrams may be transmitted over telephone trunk lines in cases where the local telegraph office is closed. In such cases the prescribed trunk line fee shall be charged in addition to the charges prescribed in regulation 40, and shall be calculated on a basis of three minutes for each group of thirty paid words or portion thereof transmitted.

Telephoning of Telegrams to Subscribers.

(42.) The Department may telephone telegrams and lettergrams to an addressee who is a telephone subscriber, or to persons at a telephone subscriber’s address, subject to the condition that the subscriber may have the right to decline to accept delivery in this manner. This service shall be given without charge to the subscriber. Further delivery of the telegram will not be made except at the request of the addressee. The further delivery will be by post or, if so desired, by messenger. In the latter event a charge of 2d. per telegram shall be made.

(43.) (a) Telegrams for delivery by telephone must be addressed in the name of the addressee, together with the telephone exchange name and number and telegraph office, for example:—

Smith, Windsor 1678, Melbourne,

or

Mrs. Jones, Telephone 567, Newcastle.

In such cases it shall be obligatory on the addressees to accept delivery by telephone.

(b) The responsibility for supplying the correct telephone address rests with the sender of the telegram.

(44.) The Department does not undertake to deliver by telephone telegrams which are not addressed in accordance with the preceding regulation.

2. Regulations 45, 46, 83, and 84 are repealed.

3. Regulation 87 is amended by omitting, the figures, &c.—

“84 (1a) and”.

 

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