STATUTORY RULES.
1918. No. 327.
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 December, 1918.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
WILLIAM WEBSTER,
Postmaster-General.
Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913.
(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348.)
1. The following regulation is inserted after regulation 8:—
Articles which Require Special Packing.
8a. Any provisions made by these Regulations requiring articles to be packed shall apply to such articles whether sent as letters, packets, or parcels: provided that postal articles on which letter rate of postage is paid may be closed against inspection.
2. The following regulation is inserted after regulation 46:—
46a. The transmission by post of strychnine (in powder form), arsenic, arsenate of soda, morphine, and cocaine is permitted only when the following conditions are complied with:—
(a) The bottle containing the poison shall be enclosed in a wooden case not less than one-quarter of an inch thick in the thinnest part, made from a solid piece of wood bored out to the size of the bottle, and having a secure wooden lid.
(b) The article shall be sent by registered packet post.
(c) The packet shall be labelled “Poison,” and bear the name and address of the sender.
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