Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 148.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1916.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the undermentioned Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this eleventh day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

WILLIAM WEBSTER,

Postmaster-General.

Amendment of the Telephone Regulations, 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 349.)

1. Regulation 35 is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—

35. Subject to the provisions of Regulations 36 and 37, and payment of the fees prescribed therein, subscribers may, on giving written notice to that effect, have telegrams addressed to them forwarded by telephone from the Telegraph Office of destination to their telephone address, provided that the Telegraph Office and the subscribers are connected to the same Telephone Exchange or network, and copies of such telegrams will, at the same time, be either posted for delivery to their address, or delivered by messenger, as is most convenient to the Department. Such telegrams will be stamped on the face, “Transmitted by Telephone.”

2. Regulation 40 is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—

40. In addition to the rates specified herein, the cost of the telegram must be paid at the usual rates for telegrams, but the use of the telephone for sending or receiving telegrams will be counted and charged as a call in those cases only where the annual fee prescribed by Regulation 37 is paid.

 

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