War Precautions (Prices) Regulations 1916 (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 155.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1916.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the War Precautions Act 1914-1916 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twentieth day of July, 1916.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. P. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

War Precautions (Prices) Regulations 1916.

Short title.

1These Regulations may be cited as the War Precautions (Prices) Regulations 1916.

Definitions.

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“Commissioner” means a Commissioner appointed for the purposes of these Regulations;

“Foodstuffs” means any goods declared by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to be foodstuffs for the purposes of these Regulations;

“Necessary Commodities” means goods declared by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to be necessary commodities for the purposes of these Regulations;

“Services” means any transport services declared by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to be services for the purposes of these Regulations;

“the Board” means the Commonwealth Prices Board constituted under these Regulations; and

“the Minister” means the Minister of State for Defence.

Prices Board.

3. (1) There shall be a Commonwealth Prices Board, consisting of five members, who shall be appointed by, and shall hold their membership during the pleasure of, the Governor-General.

(2) The Chairman of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor-General, and in his absence the members present may elect one of their number to act as Chairman.

(3) The Commonwealth Prices Adjustment Board existing at the date of the making of these Regulations shall be the Commonwealth Prices Board for the purposes of these Regulations and the Chairman of that Board holding office at the date of the making of these Regulations shall be deemed to have been appointed Chairman of the Commonwealth Prices Board under these Regulations.

(4) Three members of the Board shall form a quorum.

     

C.8680. —Price 5d.

 

Commissioners.

4. (1) For the purposes of these Regulations the Minister may appoint a Commissioner in each State, and in each Territory being part of the Commonwealth.

(2) It shall be the duty of each Commissioner to furnish reports and make recommendations to the Board upon such matters as are referred to him by the Board.

Expenses of members of the Board and salaries and allowances of Commissioners.

5. (1)The Chairman of the Board shall be paid a sum of Thirty shillings per diem, and the other members of the Board a sum of Twenty-five shillings per diem each, on account of expenses incurred by them in and in the course of travelling, whether by land or water, whenever such expenses have been incurred bonâ fide in the performance of their duties as members of the Board, and such sums as may be necessary to pay the cost of their conveyance.

(2) The respective Commissioners shall be paid such remuneration be way of salary and allowances as the Minister determines.

Powers of Board and Commissioners.

6. (1) The Board and each Commissioner shall, in relation to any matter as to which it or he has power to furnish a report or make a recommendation under these Regulations, have power to—

(a) summon witnesses;

(b) take evidence on oath;

(c) require the production of documents books and papers; and

(d)enter upon any premises and inspect any documents books and papers or any stocks of foodstuffs and necessary commodities, or authorize any member of the Board or any other person to enter upon any premises and inspect any such documents books and papers or any stocks of foodstuffs and necessary commodities.

(2) Each Commissioner shall have power to recommend to, the Board, and the Board shall have power to recommend to the Minister that any particular goods be declared to be foodstuffs or necessary commodities, as the case may be, within the meaning of these Regulations.

(3) If any member of the Board or any Commissioner or any other person authorized by the Board or by any Commissioner discloses, except in the course of his duty, or except to the Board, or to the Commissioner as the case may be, any information obtained by him while upon any such premises, he shall be guilty of an offence.

Failure of witness to appear.

7. Any person who, having been summoned as a witness before the Board or before any Commissioner, fails, without lawful excuse, to appear in obedience to the summons, shall be guilty of an offence.

Failure to be sworn, produce documents, or answer questions.

8. Any person who, having been summoned as a witness before the Board or before any Commissioner, refuses, without lawful excuse, to be sworn, or to make an affirmation, or to produce documents books and papers or to answer questions which he is lawfully required to answer, shall be guilty of an offence.

Preventing Board or member or Commissioner from entering premises. &c.

9. Any person who prevents or attempts to prevent the Board or any member of the Board or any Commissioner or any other person who produces an authority in writing signed by the Chairman of the Board or by any Commissioner from entering upon any premises and inspecting any documents books and papers or any stocks of foodstuffs and necessary commodities shall be guilty of an offence.

 

Sub-committees.

10. (1) The Board may appoint one or more sub-committees, consisting of not less than two members thereof, for the purpose of taking evidenceupon any matter in relation to the prices of foodstuffs and necessary commodities and services.

(2) Anysub-committee so appointed shall have and may exercise the same as are conferred on the Board by sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 6 of these Regulations.

Minister may require returns to be furnished.

11 (1) The Board shall have power to recommend to the Minister, as regards any particular foodstuffs or necessary commodities or services, that any person or class of persons holding stocks of those foodstuffs or necessary commodities or performing those services be required to furnish returns to the Board, and the Minister, on receipt of the recommendation of the Board, may, if he thinks fit, by notice in the Gazette require that such returns as are specified by him be furnished to the Board.

(2) Any person who refuses or fails to furnish to the Board any return which he is required, in pursuance of this Regulation, to furnish shall be guilty of an offence.

Proclaimed areas.

12. (1)For the purpose of these Regulations, the areas specified in the Schedule shall, subject to sub-regulations (2) and (3) of this Regulation, be proclaimed areas.

(2)Upon the recommendation of the Board, the Minister may from time to time by notice in the Gazette declare that any area specified by him shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be a proclaimed area or part of a proclaimed area, and thereupon the area shall, so long as the declaration remains in force, be deemed to be a proclaimed area, or part thereof, as the case may be.

(3) Upon the recommendation of the Board, the Minister may from time to time by notice in the Gazette declare that any proclaimed area, or any part thereof, shall cease to be a proclaimed area, or part thereof (as the case may be) and thereupon such area, or part, shall cease to be a proclaimed area, or part thereof (as the case may be).

Determination of prices, &c.

13. (1) The Minister may from time to time, on the recommendation of the Board—

(a) determine the maximum prices which may be charged for foodstuffs and necessary commodities sold, and the maximum rates which may be charged for services the performance of which is commenced, in any proclaimed area;

(b) determine the conditions of the sale of foodstuffs and necessary commodities sold therein, and of the performance of services the performance of which is commenced therein.

(2) Any such determination shall be published in the Gazette, and shall from the date specified in the Gazette have the force of law.

Governor-General may proclaim areas and fix prices and rates.

14. Notwithstanding anything contained in the last two preceding Regulations the Governor-General may, without any recommendation of the Board—

(a)declare any area to be a proclaimed area for the purposes of these Regulations;

(b)fix the price of foodstuffs and necessary commodities sold, and the rates for services the performance of which is commenced, in any proclaimed area; and

(c) declare that, as regards any proclaimed area, any price fixed by or under these Regulations shall, after a date specified

 

by him, cease to be the maximum price at which, foodstuffs and necessary commodities may be sold or offered for sale, and any rates fixed under these Regulations shall, after a date specified by him, cease to be the maximum rates which may be charged, for services the performance of which is commenced, in that area.

Contravention of prices and rates.

15. Any person who in any proclaimed area sells or offers for sale any foodstuffs and necessary commodities at a greater price than the maximum price fixed, by or under these Regulations, for the sale of those foodstuffs and necessary commodities, or charges any higher rates than the maximum rates fixed under these Regulations which may be charged for services the performance of which is commenced, in that area shall be guilty of an offence.

Receipt of freight greater than the maximum freight.

16. From and after the date of the making of these Regulations no higher rate than the rate prevailing on the eighteenth day of May, 1916, shall, unless the written consent of the Minister has first been obtained, be charged for freight on the carriage of goods from any port in Australia to any other port in Australia.

Operation of State orders &c. preserved.

17. All orders, awards, determinations and notifications made under any State Act which have the effect of fixing the maximum prices which may be charged for any goods, and which are in force at the date of the making of these Regulations, shall, so far as they are not inconsistent with any prices fixed by or under these Regulations, or by or under any Regulations repealed by these Regulations, continue in force, in the areas to which they respectively apply, as if they were orders made under these Regulations.

Price fixed to apply to sale under contracts.

18. Where the price of any goods or services has been fixed by or under these Regulations, or by or under any Regulations repealed by these Regulations, that price shall apply to—

(a)the sale or performance of all goods or services sold, or performed, after the date of the fixing of that price, in pursuance of a contract entered into before that date, unless the Minister certifies that, as regards any particular contract or class of contracts, or any part of a contract or class of contracts, it is undesirable that the price should apply, and

(b)the sale or performance of all goods or services sold or performed, after the data of the fixing of that price, in pursuance of a contract entered into after that date.

Repeal.

19. The following Regulations, that is to say—

Statutory Rules 1916, No. 40,
„	„	„	„	46,
„	„	„	53,
„	„	„	„	82,
„	„	„	„	96,
„	„	„	„	118,
„	„	„	„	119, and
„	„	„	„	130

are repealed but notwithstanding such repeal all areas, prices, determinations and freights fixed by or under any Regulations so repealed and in force at the date of the making of these Regulations shall continue in force until varied or amended by or under these Regulation

 

THE SCHEDULE.

(a) In State of New South Wales—

(i) The area comprised within a radius of ten miles from the General Post Office, Sydney, together with the municipality of Parramatta.

(ii) The area comprised within the Commonwealth Electoral Division of Newcastle, and the Subdivisions of Largs and Maitland of the Commonwealth Electoral Division of Hunter.

(iii) The areas comprised in the municipalities specified hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the municipality:—

Albury (Albury area).

Armidale (Armidale area).

Ballina (Ballina area).

Balranald (Balranald area).

Bathurst (Bathurst area).

Bega (Bega area).

Berry (Berry area).

Bingara (Bingara area).

Bourke (Bourke area).

Cootamundra (Cootamundra area).

Cowra (Cowra area).

Dapto (Dapto area).

Dubbo (Dubbo area).

Dungog (Dungog area).

Forbes (Forbes area).

Gerringong (Gerringong area).

Glen Innes (Glen Innes area).

Goulburn (Goulburn area).

Grenfell (Grenfell area).

Gulgong (Gulgong area).

Gundegai (Gundegai area).

Gunnedah (Gunnedah area).

Hamilton (Hamilton area).

Hill End (Hill End area).

Inverell (Inverell area).

Janberoo (Jamberoo area).

Jerilderie (Jerilderie area).

Kempsey (Kempsey area).

Lismore (Lismore area).

Molong (Molong area).

Mudgee (Mudgee area).

Murrumburra (Murrumburra area).

Narrabri (Narrabri area).

Narrandera (Narrandera area).

Nowra (Nowra area).

Orange (Orange area).

Parkes (Parkes area).

Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan area).

Quirindi (Quirindi area).

Tamworth (Tamworth area).

Tumut (Tumut area).

Tenterfield (Tenterfield area).

Wagga (Wagga area).

Wellington (Wellington area).

Yass (Yass area).

Young (Young area).

(iv) The areas comprised within the radius of five miles from the Post Offices at the places mentioned hereunder, the name of each such area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the place:—

Aberdeen (Aberdeen area).

Adaminaby (Adaminaby area).

Albion Park (Albion Park area).

Alstonville (Alstonville area).

Araluen (Araluen area).

Ashford (Ashford area).

Bellingen (Bellingen area).

Bemboka (Bemboka area)

Berridale (Berridale area).

Bimbi (Bimbi area).

Blackheath (Blackheath area).

Bodalla (Bodalla area).

Boggabri (Boggabri area).

Booral (Booral area).

Bowenfels (Bowenfels area).

Braidwood (Braidwood area).

Brewarrina (Brewarrina area).

Brooklyn (Brooklyn area).

Brunswick Heads (Brunswick Heads area).

Brush Grove (Brush Grove area).

Bulladelah (Bulladelah area).

Burraga (Burraga area).

Burrowa (Burrowa area).

Byron Bay (Byron Bay area).

Canowindra (Canowindra area).

Clarence Town (Clarence Town area).

Coff’s Harbour (Coff’s Harbour area).

Condobolin (Condobolin area).

Coolah (Coolah area).

Coolamon (Coolamon area).

Coraki (Coraki area).

Corowa (Corowa area).

Coramba (Coramba area).

Crookwell (Crookwell area).

Culcairn (Culcairn area).

Daysdale (Daysdale area).

Drake (Drake area).

Dural (Dural area).

Fifield (Fifield area).

Gilgandra (Gilgandra area).

Gongolgon (Gongolgon area).

Grafton (Grafton area).

Grafton South (Grafton South area).

Gunning (Gunning area).

Hillgrove (Hillgrove area).

Holbrook (Holbrook area).

Kendall (Kendall area).

Kiandra (Kiandra area).

Laurieton (Laurieton area).

Manilla (Manilla area).

Millthorpe (Millthorpe area).

Mount Kembla (Mount Kembla area).

Mulgoa (Mulgoa area).

Mullaley (Mullaley area).

Mundooran (Mundooran area).

Narromine (Narromine area).

Nimbin (Nimbin area).

Nundle (Nundie area).

Pilliga (Pilliga area).

Rylstone (Rylstone area).

Taralga (Taralga area).

Tarcutta (Tarcutta area).

Temora (Temora area).

Tingha (Tingha area).

Tocumwal (Tocumwal area).

Tomerong (Tomerong area).

Tooraweenah (Tooraweenah area).

Tottenham (Tottenham area).

Tumberumba (Tumberumba area).

Ungarie (Ungarie area).

Wardell (Wardell area).

Wiseman’s Ferry (Wiseman’s Ferry area).

Wolgan (Wolgan area).

Wollombi (Wollombi area).

Wyalong (Wyalong area).

Yerranderie (Yerranderie area).

 

(v) The New South Wales Supplementary area, being so much of the State of New South Wales as is from time to time not defined by reference to electoral or local government divisions, or by measurement from a certain place.

(b) In the State of Victoria—

(i) The area comprised within a radius of ten miles from the General Post Office, Melbourne.

(ii) The areas comprised in the municipalities specified hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the municipality:—

Benalla (Benalla area).

Bendigo (Bendigo area).

Birchip (Birchip area).

Charlton (Charlton area).

Chiltern (Chiltern area).

Dimboola (Dimboola area).

Donald (Donald area).

Dunolly (Dunolly area).

Echuca (Echuca area).

Euroa (Euroa area).

Geelong (Geelong area).

Horsham (Horsham area).

Kerang (Kerang area).

Kyneton (Kyneton area).

Maryborough (Maryborough area).

Numurkah (Numurkah area).

Sale (Sale area).

Shepparton (Shepparton area).

St. Arnaud (St. Arnaud area).

Stawell (Stawell area).

Swan Hill (Swan Hill area).

Wangaratta (Wangaratta area).

Wycheproof (Wycheproof area).

Yarrawonga (Yarrawonga area).

(iii) The areas comprised within a radius of five miles from the Post Office at the places mentioned hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the place:—

Bridgewater (Bridgewater area).

Casterton (Casterton area).

Cobram (Cobram area).

Corryong (Corryong area).

Elmore (Elmore area).

Gaffney’s Creek (Gaffney’s Creek area)

Mooroopna (Mooroopna area).

Murtoa (Murtoa area).

Nathalia (Nathalia area).

Natimuk (Natimuk area).

Nhill (Nhill area).

Rupanyup (Rupanyup area).

Smeaton (Smeaton area).

Tarnagulla (Tarnagulla area).

Tatura (Tatura area).

Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah area).

Warracknabeal (Warracknabeal area).

Wedderburn (Wedderburn area).

(iv) The Victorian Supplementary area, being so much of the State of Victoria as is from time to time not defined by reference to electoral or local government divisions, or by measurement from a certain place.

(c) In the State of Queensland—

(i) The area comprised within a radius of seven miles from the General Post Office, Brisbane.

(ii) The areas comprised in the cities specified hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of each city:—

Maryborough (Maryborough area).

Toowoomba (Toowoomba area).

 

(iii) The areas comprised in the towns specified hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of each town:—

Dalby (Dalby area).

Pittsworth (Pittsworth area).

Roma (Roma area).

Sandgate (Sandgate area).

Warwick (Warwick area).

Wynnum (Wynnum area).

(iv) The areas comprised within a radius of five miles from the Post Offices at the places mentioned hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the place:—

Allora (Allora area).

Amby (Amby area).

Aramac (Aramae area).

Atherton (Atherton area).

Augathella (Augathella area).

Ayr (Ayr area).

Babinda (Babinda area).

Barcaldine (Barcaldine area).

Baupal (Baupal area).

Beaudesert (Beaudesert area).

Beenleigh (Beenleigh area).

Bell (Bell area).

Biggenden (Biggenden area).

Blaekbutt (Blackbutt area).

Blackall (Blackall area).

Blackstone (Blackstone area).

Blair-Athol (Blair-Athol area).

Boonah (Boonah area).

Booval (Booval area).

Boulia (Boulia area).

Bowen (Bowen area).

Brandon (Brandon area).

Bundaberg (Bundaberg area).

Bundamba (Bundamba area).

Burketown (Burketown area).

Caboolture (Caboolture area).

Cairns (Cairns area).

Caloundra (Caloundra area).

Cambooya (Cambooya area).

Canungra (Canungra area).

Cardross (Cardross area).

Cardwell (Cardwell area).

Charleville (Charleville area).

Charters Towers (Charters Towers area).

Childers (Childers area).

Chillagoe (Chillagoe area).

Chinchilla (Chinchilla area).

Cleveland (Cleveland area).

Clermont (Clermont area).

Clifton (Clifton area).

Cloncurry (Cloncurry area).

Cooktown (Cooktown area).

Cooran (Cooran area).

Cooroy (Cooroy area).

Cooyar (Cooyar area).

Cordalba (Cordalba area)

Crows Nest (Crows Nest area).

Croydon (Croydon area).

Cumnamulla (Cunnamulla area).

Dulacca (Dulacca area).

Dakabin (Dakabin area).

Dinmore (Dinmore area).

Duchess (Duchess area).

Edmonton (Edmonton area).

Eidsvold (Eidsvold area).

Einasleigh (Einasleigh area).

Emerald (Emerald area).

Emu Park (Emu Park area).

Engelsburg (Engelsburg area).

Esk (Esk area).

Eton (Eton area).

Eulo (Eulo area).

Eumundi (Eumundi area).

Farleigh (Farleigh area).

Forest Hill (Forest Hill area).

Friezland (Friezland area).

Gatton (Gatton area).

Gayndah (Gayndah area).

Georgetown (Georgetown area).

Gilliat (Gilliat area).

Gin Gin (Gin Gin area).

Gladstone (Gladstone area).

Glamorgan Vale (Glamorgan Vale area).

Glenvale (Glenvale area).

Goodna (Goodna area).

Goombungee (Goombungee area).

Goomeri (Goomeri area).

Goondiwindi (Goondiwindi area).

Grantham (Grantham area).

Greenmount (Greenmount area).

Gurrumbah (Gurrumbah area).

Gympie (Gympie area).

Halifax (Halifax area).

Haden (Haden area).

Hambledon (Hambledon area).

Harrisville (Harrisville area).

Helidon (Helidon area).

Herberton (Herberton area).

Home Hill (Home Hill area).

Howard (Howard area).

Hungerford (Hungerford area).

Ilfracombe (Ilfracombe area).

Ingham (Ingham area).

Inglewood (Inglewood area).

Innisfail (Innisfail area).

Ipswich (Ipswich area).

Irvinebank (Irvinebank area).

Isisford (Isisford area).

Jackson (Jackson area).

Jondowaie (Jondowaie area).

Jondaryan (Jondaryan area).

Kidston (Kidston area).

Kilcoy (Kilcoy area).

Kilkivan (Kilkivan area).

Killarney (Killarney area).

Kingaroy (Kingaroy area).

Kingsborough (Kingsborough area).

Koorboora (Koorboora area).

Laidley (Laidley area).

Longreach (Longreach area).

Lowood (Lowood area).

Mackay (Mackay area).

Manly (Manly area).

Many Peaks (Many Peaks area).

Marburg (Marburg area).

Mareeba (Mareeba area).

Mt. Pleasant (Mt. Pleasant area).

Marian (Marian area).

Maytown (Maytown area).

Maleny (Maleny area).

Meringandan (Meringandan area).

Miles (Miles area).

Millmerran (Millmerran area).

 

Mitchell (Mitchell area).

Monkland (Monkland area).

Morven (Morven area).

Moore (Moore area).

Mourilyan (Mourilyan area).

Mt. Carbine (Mt. Carbine area).

Mt. Garnet (Mt. Garnet area).

Mt. Molloy (Mt. Molloy area).

Mt. Mulligan (Mt. Mulligan area).

Mt. Morgan (Mt. Morgan area).

Mount Chalmers (Mount Chalmers area).

Mount Perry (Mount Perry area).

Mundubbera (Mundubbera area).

Mungana (Mungana area).

Mungindi (Mungindi area).

Murgon (Murgon area).

Muttaburra (Muttaburra area).

Nambour (Nambour area).

Nanango (Nanango area).

Nerang (Nerang area).

Nigger Creek (Nigger Creek area).

Nobby (Nobby area).

Normanton (Normanton area).

Oakey (Oakey area).

Oxley (Oxley area).

Palmwoods (Palmwoods area).

Pialba (Pialba area).

Pomona (Pomona area).

Pratten (Pratten area).

Proserpine (Proserpine area).

Port Douglas (Port Douglas area).

Ravenshoe (Ravenshoe area).

Ravenswood (Ravenswood area).

Redcliffe (Redcliffe area).

Redland Bay (Redland Bay area).

Richmond (Richmond area).

Roadvale (Roadvale area).

Rockhampton (Rockhampton area).

Rosewood (Rosewood area).

Ruby Vale (Ruby Vale area).

Sellheim (Sellheim area).

Selwyn (Selwyn area).

Silkstone (Silkstone area).

Southbrook (Southbrook area).

Southport (Southport area).

Springsure (Springsure area).

Stannary Hills (Stannary Hills area.

Stanthorpe (Stanthorpe area).

St. Lawrence (St. Lawrence area).

St. George (St. George area).

Strathpine (Strathpine area).

Surat (Surat area).

Tallwood (Tallwood area).

Tambo (Tambo area).

Tannymorel (Tannymorel area).

Tara (Tara area).

Taroom (Taroom area).

Tate Tin Mines (Tate Tin Mines area).

Terror’s Creek (Terror’s Creek area).

Tewantin (Tewantin area).

Texas (Texas area).

Thallon (Thallon area).

Thargomindah (Thargomindah area).

Thornborough (Thornborough area).

Thursday Island (Thursday Island area).

Tiaro (Tiaro area).

Tingoora (Tingoora area).

Tolga (Tolga area).

 

Toogoolawah (Toogoolawah area).

Torrens Creek (Torrens Creek area).

Townsville (Townsville area).

Walkerston (Walkerston area).

Wallumbilla (Wallumbilla area).

Warra (Warra area).

Westbrook (Westbrook area).

Winton (Winton area).

Wondai (Wondai area).

Woodford (Woodford area).

Woody Point (Woody Point area).

Woombye (Woombye area).

Wooroolin (Wooroolin area).

Yandina (Yandina area).

Yangan (Yangan area).

Yarraman (Yarraman area).

Yeulba (Yeulba area).

Yungaburra (Yungaburra area).

Yeppoon (Yeppoon area).

Zillmere (Zillmere area).

(d) In the State of South, Australia—

(i) The area comprised within a radius of six miles from the General Post Office, Adelaide.

(ii) The areas comprised in the municipalities specified hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the municipality:—

Angaston (Angaston area).

Balaklava (Balaklava area).

Burra (Burra area).

Gawler (Gawler area).

Glenelg (Glenelg area).

Jamestown (Jamestown area).

Kapunda (Kapunda area).

Laura (Laura area).

Mannum (Mannum area).

Moonta (Moonta area).

Morgan (Morgan area).

Mount Gambier (Mount Gambier area).

Petersburg (Petersburg area).

Port Adelaide (Port Adelaide area).

Port Augusta (Port Augusta area).

Port Pirie (Port Pirie area).

Strathalbyn (Strathalbyn area).

Terowie (Terowie area).

(iii) The areas comprised within a radius of five miles from the Post Office at the places mentioned hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the place:—

Auburn (Auburn area).

Blumberg (Blumberg area).

Blyth (Blyth area).

Bordertown (Bordertown area).

Bridgewater (Bridgewater area).

Caltowie (Caltowie area).

Eudunda (Eudunda area).

Greenock (Greenock area).

Hamley Bridge (Hamley Bridge area).

Lyndock (Lyndock area).

Marrabel (Marrabel area).

Millicent (Millicent area).

Murray Bridge (Murray Bridge area).

Naracoorte (Naracoorte area).

Orroroo (Orroroo area).

Port Victoria (Port Victoria area).

Saddleworth (Saddleworth area).

Sedan (Sedan area).

Stockwell (Stockwell area).

Tanunda (Tanunda area).

Torrens (Torrens area).

Tumby Bay (Tumby Bay area).

Wasley’s (Wasley’s area).

Wolseley (Wolseley area).

(iv) The South Australian Supplementary area, being so much of the State of Australia, as is from time to time not defined by reference to electoral or local government divisions, or by measurement from a certain place.

(e) In the State of Western Australia—

(i) The area comprised within a radius of twenty miles from the General Post Office, Perth.

(ii) The area comprised within a radius of twenty miles from the Post Office, Kalgoorlie, together with the municipality of Coolgardie.

(iii) The areas comprised within the municipalities specified hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the municipality:—

Albany (Albany area).

Beverley (Beverley area).

Broome (Broome area).

Bunbury (Bunbury area).

Busselton (Busselton area).

Carnarvon (Carnarvon area).

Collie (Collie area).

Cue (Cue area).

Day Dawn (Day Dawn area).

Geraldton (Geraldton area).

Kookynie (Kookynie area).

Leonora (Leonora area).

Menzies (Menzies area).

Morgans (Morgans area).

Mount Magnet (Mount Magnet area).

Narrogin (Narrogin area).

Northam (Northam area).

Southern Cross (Southern Cross area).

Wagin (Wagin area).

York (York area).

(iv) The areas comprised within the towns specified hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the place:—

Bridgetown (Bridgetown area).

Broome Hill (Broome Hill area).

Kellerberrin (Kellerberrin area).

Meekatharra (Meekatharra area).

Moora (Moora area).

Pingelly (Pingelly area).

Ravensthorpe (Ravensthorpe area).

Toodyay (Toodyay area).

Sandstone (Sandstone area).

(v) The areas comprised within the townships specified hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the place:—

Baker’s Hill (Baker’s Hill area).

Balingup (Balingup area).

Barrabup (Barrabup area).

Bolgart (Bolgart area).

Boyup (Boyup area).

Brookton (Brookton area).

Bruce Rock (Bruce Rock area).

Brunswick Junction (Brunswick Junction area).

Capel (Capel area).

Chidlow’s Well (Chidlow’s Well area).

Cunderdin (Cunderdin area).

Denmark (Denmark area).

Dongarra (Dongarra area).

Donnybrook (Donnybrook area).

Dowerin (Dowerin area).

Dwellingup (Dwellingup area).

Esperance (Esperance area).

Gingin (Gingin area).

Gnowangerup (Gnowangerup area).

Goomalling (Goomalling area).

Greenbushes (Greenbushes area).

Jandakot (Jandakot area).

Katanning (Katanning area).

Lawlers (Lawlers area).

Manjimup (Manjimup area).

Mannup (Mannup area).

Meckering (Meckering area).

Mt. Barker (Mt. Barker area).

Mullewa (Mullewa area).

Mulline (Mulline area).

Mundaring (Mundaring area).

Mundijong (Muiidijong area).

Murrin (Murrin area).

Northampton (Northampton area).

Pinjarra (Pinjarra area).

Port Hedland (Port Hedland area).

Tambellup (Tambellup area).

Tammin (Tammin area).

Waroona (Waroona area).

Wickepin (Wickepin area).

Wongan Hills (Wongan Hills area).

Wooroloo (Wooroloo area).

Wuraming (Wuraming area).

Wyalcatchem (Wyalcatchem area).

(vi) The Western Australian Supplementary area, being so much of the State of Western Australia as is from time to time not defined by reference to electoral or local government divisions, or by measurement from a certain place.

(f) In the State of Tasmania—

(i) The area comprised within a radius of three and one-half miles from the General Post Office, Hobart.

(ii) The area comprised within a radius of two miles from the Post Office, Launceston.

(iii) The areas comprised within the municipalities specified hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the municipality:—

Beaconsfield (Beaconsfield area).

Bothwell (Bothwell area).

Campbell Town (Campbell Town area).

Deloraine (Deloraine area).

Devonport (Devonport area).

Evandale (Evandale area).

Fingal (Fingal area).

George Town (George Town area).

Latrobe (Latrobe area).

Lilydale (Lilydale area).

Longford (Longford area).

New Norfolk (New Norfolk area).

New Town (New Town area).

Oatlands (Oatlands area).

Penguin (Penguin area).

Port Cygnet (Port Cygnet area).

Queenstown (Queenstown area).

Richmond (Richmond area).

Ringarooma (Ringarooma area).

Ross (Ross area).

Scottsdale (Scottsdale area).

Sorell (Sorell area).

Strahan (Strahan area).

Waratah (Waratah area).

Westbury (Westbury area).

Zeehan (Zeehan area).

(iv) The areas comprised within the towns specified hereunder, the name of each area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the town:—

Ulverstone (Ulverstone area).

Wynyard (Wynyard area).

(v) The area comprised within the township of Carrick to be known as the Carrick area.

(vi) The areas comprised within a radius of five miles from the Post Office at the places mentioned hereunder, the name of each such area to be that specified in brackets after the name of the place:—

Avoca (Avoca area).

Branxholm (Branxholm area).

Bridgewater (Bridgewater area).

Burnie (Burnie area).

Bushy Park (Bushy Park area).

Carnarvon (Carnarvon area).

Colebrook (Colebrook area).

Copping (Copping area).

Cressy (Cressy area).

Derby (Derby area).

Dover (Dover area).

East Devonport (East Devonport area).

Exeter (Exeter area).

Forest (Forest area).

Franklin (Franklin area).

Geeveston (Geeveston area).

Gladstone (Gladstone area).

Gordon (Gordon area).

Huonville (Huonville area).

Kettering (Kettering area).

Kimberley (Kimberley area).

Kingston (Kingston area)

Lefroy (Lefroy area).

Leprena (Leprena area).

Linda (Linda area).

Lindisfarne (Lindisfarne area).

Margate (Margate area).

Mathinna (Mathinna area).

Moorina (Moorina area).

Nubeena (Nubeena area).

Parattah (Parattah area).

Perth (Perth area).

Pioneer (Pioneer area).

Pontville (Pontville area).

Ranelagh (Ranelagh area).

Ridgley (Ridgley area).

Sheffield (Sheffield area).

Smithton (Smithton area).

Sprent (Sprent area).

Stanley (Stanley area).

St. Mary’s (St. Mary’s area).

Taranna (Taranna area).

Tullah (Tullah area).

Tunbridge (Tunbridge area).

Tunnack (Tunnack area).

 

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