Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901–1910.
I THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of
urgency, the undermentioned amended Regulations under the
Telephone Regulations,
should come into immediate operation, and make the amended Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this 15th day of November, One thousand nine hundred and eleven.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
C. E. FRAZER.
Telephone Regulations.
1. In these Regulations (except in the case of Regulations 7a, 7e, and 25a), Statutory Rules 1906, No. 114, are referred to as the Telephone Regulations.
2. The following new Regulation is inserted after Regulation 2 of the Telephone Regulations:—
2a. Where connexion to a Telephone Exchange is desired, such connexion shall be made to the Exchange nearest the premises referred to in the application, except for departmental convenience, or at the request of the subscriber approved by the Deputy Postmaster-General.
(2) When at the request of the subscriber the connexion is made to an Exchange other than the Exchange nearest the premises referred to in the application, the charges shall be as follows:—
(
a ) For the line, the charges prescribed by Part XII. of these Regulations;(
b ) For the connexion to the Switchboard, the charges prescribed by Regulation 30 for one jack and one shutter;(
c ) For calls, the charges prescribed by Regulation 7a;
C .17309.—Price 5d.
provided that where the charges prescribed by paragraphs (
a ) and (b ) of this Regulation shall be less than the minimum annual charge prescribed by Regulation 7a, the minimum annual charge prescribed by that Regulation shall be charged instead of the charges prescribed by paragraphs (a ) and (b ) of this Regulation.
3. Regulations 7e (Statutory Rules 1910, No. 66) and 25a (Statutory Rules 1909, No. 30) and Regulations 12 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1908, No. 62), 16, 30 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1911, No. 62, 1907, No. 46, and 1910, No. 47), 31 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1908, No. 107), 52 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1908, No. 6), 55 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1908, No. 6), 108 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1909, No. 92), 66 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1909, No. 56), Part X., 80 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1908, No. 73, and 1911, No. 113), 94 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1909, No. 92), 98 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1908, No. 6), 108 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1909, No. 92), 109 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1909, No. 92, and 1911, No. 113) and 114 of the Telephone Regulations, are repealed, and the following Regulations inserted in their stead:—
7e. Persons who were subscribers immediately before the 1st September, 1910, and have continued to be subscribers after that date, shall not be entitled to a refund of any charges paid in respect of any portion of the period of service subsequent to the said date, on the ground that those charges are in excess of the charges payable under Regulation 7a in respect of such period, but any excess, shall be credited to such persons, and an adjustment made at the end of the period of service in respect of which the charges were paid.
12. Rent payable in respect of any telephone service shall be charged from the date on which the service is ready for use. Except in cases where spare or idle complete lines already exist from the premises of an intending subscriber to the Exchange, in which case rental for six months in advance may be accepted, the first year’s rent for any such service shall be paid in advance; and thereafter rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance. Provided, however, that in respect of lines or extensions of lines, the cost of the construction of which will exceed the amount payable as rent for the first year, the subscriber may be called upon to pay in advance, or to enter into an agreement, in a form approved by the Deputy Postmaster-General, to pay rental or charges for calls to such an amount as will cover the cost of construction.
25a. (1) Persons occupying offices in the same building, or occupying the same private residence, may jointly subscribe under the one Exchange number, on payment (in addition to rental as for one person at the respective rates prescribed by these Regulations) of £1 per annum for each additional subscriber.
(2) This fee covers the insertion of the additional subscriber’s name in the Telephone List.
(3) The original subscriber shall pay to the Postmaster-General all charges in connexion with the line, but may charge to the second subscriber any agreed proportion of such charges.
(4) If additional instruments are required the subscribers shall pay the rates prescribed for party lines*; extra instruments ; or Extension lines‡ whichever may be applicable.
* See Regulation 7a. See Regulation 30. ‡ See Regulation 28 and Part xii.
30. The annual rental charge for extra apparatus shall be—
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Special appliances, such as plug attachments for portable table telephones, and specified patterns of instruments as per agreement.
31. (1) Subscribers to Telephone Exchanges worked by magneto instruments, or persons renting magneto telephones from the Department, can, on application to the Deputy Postmaster-General in writing, be supplied with a control key, of a Yale key pattern, which it is necessary to insert into its receptacle before any person can produce
a ring by turning the handle of the telephone. This will prevent unauthorized use of the telephone. It does not, when withdrawn, prevent the user from being called, nor does it interfere with speaking. Subscribers to Telephone Exchanges worked on the common battery system can also be supplied with similar control keys, which it is necessary to insert into the receptacle before originating a conversation or answering a call. An installation fee of 5s. is charged for supplying the first key, and 2s. 6d. each for duplicates. The number of keys which will be supplied for use in connexion with any telephone will be limited to five.
(2) When a subscriber ceases to rent a telephone instrument for which control keys are provided, he must return the keys to the Deputy Postmaster-General. For each key which upon demand by the Deputy Postmaster-General is not returned a charge of 2s. 6d. shall be made. Loss of any control key should be promptly notified to the Deputy Postmaster-General.
52. (1) Lines joining two separate towns, or lines joining Exchanges other than those specified in the last preceding Regulation, are classed as trunk lines, and their use shall be charged for as provided hereunder, the charges being calculated upon the actual length of trunk line used:—
First Three Minutes. | Every additional Three Minutes. | ||||||||
| 0 | 2 | … | 0 | 2 | ||||
Exceeding 15 but not exceeding 20 miles | 0 | 3 | … | 0 | 3 | ||||
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,, | 25 | ,, | 35 | ,, ...................... | 0 | 6 | … | 0 | 5 |
,, | 35 | ,, | 50 | ,, ...................... | 0 | 8 | … | 0 | 6 |
,, | 50 | ,, | 75 | ,, ...................... | 1 | 0 | … | 0 | 9 |
,, | 75 | ,, | 100 | ,, ...................... | 1 | 4 | … | 1 | 0 |
,, | 100 | ,, | 150 | ,, ...................... | 1 | 10 | … | 1 | 4 |
,, | 150 | ,, | 200 | ,, ...................... | 2 | 4 | … | 1 | 9 |
,, | 200 | ,, | 250 | ,, ...................... | 2 | 10 | … | 2 | 1 |
,, | 250 | ,, | 300 | ,, ...................... | 3 | 4 | … | 2 | 6 |
,, | 300 | ,, | 350 | ,, ...................... | 3 | 10 | … | 2 | 10 |
,, | 350 | ,, | 400 | ,, ...................... | 4 | 4 | … | 3 | 3 |
The charges for the use of the telephone trunk line between Sydney and Melbourne shall be:—
For conversations between 8 a.m. and 7.30 p.m.—5s. per 3 minutes or part of 3 minutes.
For conversations after 7.30 p.m. and before 8 a.m.—2s. 6d. per 3 minutes or part of 3 minutes.
For Press conversations when the line is not otherwise engaged—2s. 6d. per 3 minutes or part of 3 minutes.
(2) No conversation to exceed 6 minutes if any other person is waiting to converse.
(3) When a public telephone is used for the purpose of conversing over a trunk line, the fee for the use of the trunk line only is to be charged.
(4) Where two towns are connected by telephone trunk lines, and are not more than one mile beyond the mileage fixed by this Regulation for the various rates, the additional distance is not to be taken into consideration, and conversations between those places are to be charged for as if they were within the limit.
55. (1) When Telephone Trunk Lines are used for conversations in the nature of press telegrams, as defined in the Telegraph Regulations under the head of “Telegrams within the Commonwealth—Press Telegrams,” the charge for such use during any hour the Trunk Line is open for public business shall be as follows:—
Distance. | Rates for Five Minutes’ Conversation. | |
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| 0 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 9 |
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Provided that conversations paid for at full rates shall in all cases take precedence over those paid for at press rates; that is, no conversation to be paid for at press rates shall be allowed to commence, or having commenced, shall be allowed to extend beyond the period then current, if any person is waiting to use the lines on payment of full rates.
(2) Where two towns are connected by telephone trunk lines, and are not more than one mile beyond the mileage fixed by this Regulation for the various rates, the additional distance is not to be taken into consideration, and conversations between those places are to be charged for as if they were within the limit.
56. Any subscriber to a Telephone Exchange who pays the rates prescribed by Regulation 5 may place his telephone at the service of the public. Provided that subscribers for telephone services connecting with places situated beyond the limits of the network of the Exchange to which the service is connected shall not grant the use of the service to any other person except in cases of emergency, unless with the consent of, and upon terms approved by, the Postmaster-General.
66. Ordinary Exchange rates, less 25 per centum, shall be charged for rented Fire Brigade lines, and any additional instruments used thereon, which are connected with Exchanges for ordinary conversations. The Fire Brigades shall be allowed to use their own instruments if of a type approved by the Deputy Postmaster-General. Instruments provided by Fire Brigades under this Regulation shall be maintained by and at the expense of the Fire Brigades.
PART X.—BURGLAR ALARMS.
73. Lines for use in connexion with burglar alarms will be erected and supplied, as well as maintained, by the Postmaster-General in accordance with Part XII. of these Regulations, and will be his property.
74. The apparatus must be supplied and maintained by the user.
78. Neither the Postmaster-General nor the Commonwealth shall be under any liability in respect of any defect or want of efficiency in any line supplied or maintained under these Regulations.
80. (1) Private telephone lines (special single wire and instruments not connected directly with any Exchange) may be provided and maintained between private houses, offices, warehouses, mines, factories, or other places on payment of the following rates annually in advance for a term of not less than three years, and subject to the same general conditions as those which apply to lines to the Telephone Exchange:—
If within a radius of 10 miles from the Post Office, in the case of cities or towns having a population of 10,000 resident within that area—
For each quarter-mile or fraction thereof of actual length of wire............... 10s.
In other places—
(
a ) Wire erected on existing poles—For each quarter-mile or fraction thereof, of actual length of wire, for such portion of the line 7s. 6d. per annum.
(
b ) Where poles are not available—
For each quarter-mile or fraction thereof, on which poles have to be erected..... £1 per annum.
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c ) Where, in any quarter-mile of line, portion of the wire is on new poles and portion on existing poles, only one charge, namely, £1 per annum, is to be made for such quarter-mile.
(2) If metallic circuits are required for private lines, they will be provided upon payment of 50 per centum advance upon the rates for wire named herein.
(3) Conductors in special lead-covered metallic circuit cables will be provided by the Postmaster-General for Fire Alarm purposes from the wall of the building to be connected to the nearest point in connexion with existing underground or aerial cables on payment of the following charges annually in advance for a term of at least six (6) years, viz.:—
Number of Pairs of Conductors in one Cable. | Charge for each quarter-mile or portion thereof for each Pair of Conductors up to one mile in length of circuit. | Charge for each 220 yards or portion thereof beyond one mile for each Pair of Conductors. | ||||
1............................................... | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
2............................................... | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
3 or 4....................................... | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
5 or 6....................................... | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
7 or 8....................................... | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Each cable will be charged for separately, the length not being aggregated, and the regulation charges will be made for conductors in existing cables.
(4) The telephones and other apparatus for use by the subscriber on lines provided for in this Regulation may be erected and maintained by the user if he so desires, or by the Postmaster-General upon payment of the following charges annually in advance:—
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Special appliances and specified patterns of instruments as per agreement.
(5) The Postmaster-General especially reserves the right to refuse to provide or maintain any private line between houses, offices, &c., when the points connected or to be connected are more than one mile apart if the applicants can obtain connexion by means of lines connecting with Exchanges.
94. Where two or more such telephone lines in country districts not erected, or only partly erected, by the Postmaster-General connect with any telegraph office, the terms of Part XV. of these Regulations shall apply.
98. (1) For conversations over any such private telephone line connected with a telegraph office, the following charges shall be made:—
(
a ) For a messenger sent to call to the office any person residing within the usual radius of free delivery of telegrams.................................................................................. 3d.(
b ) For a messenger sent to call to the office any person from beyond the radius of free de-livery of telegrams, the usual porterage charges in addition to the above-mentioned charge of 3d.(
c ) The charges specified in (a ) and (b ) shall be paid by the caller irrespective of whether the desired person answers the call or not.(
d ) For each conversation of three minutes, or portion thereof.............. 1d.
(2) This Regulation applies not only to conversations between the licensee and any other person, but also to conversations between any two persons who use the line with the licensee’s consent, but no charges other than the charges specified in these Regulations may be made for those conversations.*
(3) The licensee or any
108. Where privately-constructed lines existed at the 1st September, 1910, or were subsequently erected to connect with any town in which a Telephone Exchange is in operation, they may be connected with the Telephone Exchange on the following terms:—
(
a ) If poles of the Postmaster-General are available, the portion of the lines within the boundaries of any township shall be erected and maintained thereon by the Department.
(
b ) Where poles of the Postmaster-General are not available, and it is not considered desirable that they should be erected by the Department, permission may be given for any portion to be constructed by the user of such privately-constructed line.(
c ) Where the portion of the line erected by the Department joins the portion erected by the user, the Department will provide a means of separating the two portions at will, so that defects may be localized.(
d ) For any portion of the line erected by the Department the following annual charges shall be made:—For any distance up to two miles, single wire or metallic circuits, as may be necessary, the fees prescribed for an exclusive service under Regulation 7a.
For each additional quarter-mile or portion thereof of single wire, 6s. 3d.; of metallic circuit, 9s. 5d.
(
e ) In cases where the line is extended so that more than one point can communicate with the Exchange—For each additional point, 10s.
(
f ) Mileage of the portion of the line erected by the Department will be calculated radially from the Exchange as a centre.(
g ) The, charges specified in (d ) and (e ) include—(1) Unlimited calls between any two stations on the same line, such calls not requiring the attention of the Exchange.
(2) Provision of all apparatus at the Exchange.
(3) The transmission by telephone, without extra charge, of telegrams on which the ordinary charges for transmission over the wires of the Postmaster-General have been paid.
(
h ) All calls passing through the Exchange shall be charged for as provided in Regulation 7a.
But the provisions of Regulations 96 and 98 shall apply, and the charges specified therein be made, when the services provided for therein are required.
A licence-fee of one shilling per annum, as required by Regulation 91, shall also be paid.
* See also Regulation 100.
109. (1) A person by whom any portion of a line has been erected under this Part of the Regulations shall construct and maintain it, and maintain the instruments connected with it to the satisfaction of the Deputy Postmaster-General. The Postmaster-General will not be responsible for any portion of the line not erected by or for the Department.
(2) The telephones for use on exclusive service lines will, if required, be provided by the Postmaster-General, but must be installed and maintained by the licensee to the satisfaction of the Deputy Postmaster-General: Provided that if the licensee brings to the Telephone Exchange instruments provided by the Department which have been used on the line and have become defective, such instruments shall be repaired, so far as ordinary defects due to fair wear and tear are concerned, by the Department, free of charge.
(3) When more than one point is connected on a line the telephones for the use of the subscribers must be provided and maintained by them to the satisfaction of the Deputy Postmaster-General.
114. (1) The cost of all material and supervision necessary to erect the wire upon poles of the Department shall be borne by the subscriber.
(2) Where the subscriber desires the Postmaster-General to erect the wire upon poles of the Department, he shall deposit with the Deputy Postmaster-General a sum of money equal to the estimated cost of the material to be supplied, and work to be performed by the Department on his behalf, and shall enter into an undertaking in a form approved by the Deputy Postmaster-General, guaranteeing that on completion of the work he will pay such other sums as may be necessary to repay to the Department the actual cost of the whole of the work.
(3) The subscriber may, instead of paying for labour provided by the Postmaster-General, provide the labour himself, to the satisfaction of the Deputy Postmaster-General; but in such case the direction and control of the work performed shall rest with the Postmaster-General’s officers.
(4) The subscriber shall pay to the Postmaster-General a sum of 5s. per annum for each mile of wire, or portion thereof, as rental for the use of the poles on which the wire is erected.
(5) The subscriber shall enter into an agreement in a form approved by the Deputy Postmaster-General to remove the material from the poles of the Postmaster-General to his satisfaction at any time when required to do so, but not earlier than six years from the date of construction: Provided that in the event of the material being no longer required on the poles for the subscriber’s purposes, the Department shall be first given the option of purchasing such material, or any portion thereof, as it stands on the poles, at a valuation to be mutually agreed upon.
(6) The subscriber shall not be responsible for any portion of the cost of maintaining or renewing the poles upon which the wire is erected.
(7) The subscriber shall not, without the consent of the Postmaster-General, transfer his right to the wire or to the use thereof.
(8) Should any pole of the Postmaster-General require renewal by reason of ordinary decay, the Postmaster-General’s officers shall place the subscriber’s wire on the new pole without cost to the subscriber.
(9) Should any pole of the Postmaster-General require renewal by reason of bush fires or similar unusual causes, the cost of removing the subscriber’s wire from the old to the new poles of the Postmaster-General shall be borne by the subscriber.
(10) The Postmaster-General shall not be responsible for the maintenance of the wire or insulators or for the removal of any defects whatsoever from the portion of the subscriber’s line which is erected subject to these conditions upon the poles of the Postmaster-General, but the Postmaster-General will, at the request of the subscriber and on the subscriber agreeing to pay the costs incurred, use all reason able means towards removing any such defects, and take any necessary action for the maintenance of the line.
(11) Should the subscriber’s wire or insulators interfere with the use by the Postmaster-General of the poles on which they are erected, he may remove the wire or insulators or alter their positions, as may be found necesssary.
(12) All material used on poles of the Postmaster-General shall be subject to the approval of the Deputy Postmaster-General.
(13) The subscriber shall have no right to enter upon any works of the Postmaster-General, climb any pole, or do any work on any telegraph line of the Postmaster-General without the authority in writing of the Deputy Postmaster-General.
(14) Any works undertaken by the subscriber for the maintenance of any wire upon the poles of the Postmaster-General shall be performed at his own risk and cost.
(15) The actual cost of any works performed by or on behalf of the Postmaster-General for the removal of defects or maintenance of the subscriber’s wire or insulators upon the poles of the Post-master-General shall be paid to the Postmaster-General by the subscriber within one month from the date of demand.
(16) This Regulation shall not apply within the boundaries of any township nor within a radius of one mile from any telegraph office, post office, or Telephone Exchange.
(17) The Postmaster-General accepts no responsibility in respect of any wires erected under these Regulations.
4. Regulation 7a (Statutory Rules 1909, No. 30) is amended—
(
a ) by inserting after the table of charges in sub-regulation (2) the following paragraph:—“Mileage shall be calculated radially, from the Telephone Exchange with which the line is connected as the centre,” and
(
b ) by repealing sub-regulation (3) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—(3) Accounts for calls will be rendered half-yearly, and must be paid within fourteen days.* A statement of account certified by a responsible officer of the Department as being correct shall be accepted as
primâ facie evidence of the number of effective calls originated by the subscriber.Statements of the number of calls recorded against a subscriber for a month will, upon the subscriber’s request, be furnished at the following charges:—Statements showing monthly total, 6d. per statement.
Statements showing daily totals for a month, 1s. per statement.
* See also Regulation 14.
5. Regulation 11 of the Telephone Regulations (as amended by Statutory Rules 1910, No. 126) is amended by omitting the words “of such longer time” from the first paragraph and inserting in their stead the words “for such longer time.”
6. Regulation 18 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the word “Commonwealth” and inserting in its stead the word “Department.”
7. Regulation 19 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:—
Provided, however, that in respect of lines, or extensions of lines, the cost of the construction of which will exceed the amount payable as rent for three years, the subscriber may be called upon to pay in advance, or to enter into an agreement, in a form approved by the Deputy Postmaster-General, to pay rental or charges for calls to such an amount as will cover the cost of construction.
8. Regulation 20 of the Telephone Regulations is amended—
(
a ) by omitting the words “hours of attendance” and(
b ) by omitting the words “for which the office in question” and inserting in their stead the words “the Post Office at which the Exchange is situated.”
9. Regulation 21 of the Telephone Regulations (as amended by Statutory Rules 1909, No. 56) is amended—
(
a ) by repealing sub-regulation (2) and(
b ) by omitting sub-regulation (3) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
Any subscriber to a telephone line connected with an Exchange for the use of which line charges in accordance with Regulation 7a are paid may grant the use of the line to a non-subscriber, but the subscriber shall pay the charges made by the Department for such use by the non-subscriber, and may charge the non-subscriber an amount not exceeding one penny, but shall not, without the authority of the Postmaster-General, make any further charge, nor receive any further payment or valuable consideration from any person for the use of the line.* Provided that subscribers for telephone services connecting with places situated beyond the limits of the network of the Exchange to which the service is connected, shall not grant the use of the service to any other person except in cases of emergency unless with the consent of, and upon terms approved by, the Postmaster-General.
10.
Regulation 34 of the Telephone Regulations, is amended by omitting from
paragraph (
11. Regulation 39 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the word “message” and inserting in its stead the word “telegram”.
12. Regulation 44 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by inserting between the words “the” and “cost,” the word “estimated”.
13. Regulation 45 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the word “message” and inserting in its stead the word “telegram”.
14. Regulation 47 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by inserting before the figures 1254 and 567 the word “Central”.
*
See Section 129
15. Regulation 49 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
(4) When a public telephone is used for the purpose of conversing over a trunk line, the fee for the use of the trunk line only is to be charged.
16. Regulation 51 of the Telephone Regulations (as amended by Statutory Rules 1907, No. 74) is amended by omitting the 2nd paragraph and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
Where the said radial distance from a Central Telephone Exchange includes part of a town or municipality, but does not include the principal post-office of the town or municipality, but the distance of that post-office from the Central Telephone Exchange from which the said radial distance is measured does not exceed the said radial distance by more than half-a-mile, the line connecting a Telephone Exchange located at the post-office with the Central Telephone Exchange shall be considered to be a junction line.
17. Regulation 53 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—
(4) Applications for conversations over any trunk line will be received at any time during the twelve hours preceding the time at which the conversations are desired, but the calls shall take their turn as though made at the time at which the conversation is desired.
18. Regulation 96 of the Telephone Regulations (as amended by Statutory Rules 1909, No. 56) is amended—
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a ) by omitting the word “message” wherever it occurs in sub-regulation (1) and inserting in its stead the word “telegram”; and(
b ) by omitting the words “and messages” and “or messages” wherever they occur in sub-regulation (2).
19. Regulation 99 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting therefrom the word “messages” and inserting in its stead the word “telegrams”.
20. Regulation 102 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2) the words “separating the portion” and inserting in their stead the words “separating that portion”.
21. Regulation 110 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by inserting between the words “or” and “instruments” the words “of installing or repairing”.
22. Regulation 112 of the Telephone Regulations (as amended by Statutory Rules 1909, No. 56) is amended—
(
a ) by omitting therefrom the word “public”; and(
b ) by omitting the sign and figure “£2” and inserting in their stead the sign and figures “£2 10s.”.
23. Regulation 118 of the Telephone Regulations (as amended by Statutory Rules 1911, No. 62) is amended by omitting the words “these Regulations” and inserting in their stead the words “this Part of the Regulations”.
24. Regulation 124 of the Telephone Regulations is amended—
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a ) by omitting the words and figures“Post and Telegraph Act 1901, or in any Regulations” in paragraph (a ) of sub-regulation (1) and inserting in their stead the words and figures “Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1910, or in any Regulations under that Act”;(
b ) by omitting the word “charge” in sub-regulation (4) and inserting in its stead the word “charges”;(
c ) by omitting the words “message” and “telegraph messages” in sub-regulation (5) and inserting in their stead the words ‘‘telegram’’ and ‘‘telegrams’’ respectively;(
d ) by inserting after the figures 1901 in sub-regulation (6) the sign and figures “-1910”; and(
e ) by adding at the end thereof the following new sub-regulation:—“(7) The necessary instruments will be provided by the Department”.
25. Regulation 130 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by inserting after the figures “1901” the sign and figures “-1910”.
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