STATUTORY RULES.
1918. No. 29.
REGULATION 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 Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1916, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this sixth day of February, 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, as amended by Statutory Rules 1915, No. 146.)
The following regulation is inserted after regulation 263: —
263a. If after posting a value-payable parcel the sender desires to have the parcel delivered to the addressee free of all charges, he must make application in writing to the Deputy Postmaster-General, or to the Postmaster at the office at which the parcel was posted, and must pay the cost of any telegrams, telephone messages, or letters rendered necessary to give effect to the application. If the foregoing conditions be complied with the application will be granted, provided it is received in time to permit communication to be made to the delivering office before delivery has been effected.
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