STATUTORY RULES.
1925. No. 143.
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REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1923.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the undermentioned amended Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1923, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this twenty-sixth day of August, 1925.
FORSTER,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. G. GIBSON,
Postmaster-General.
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Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations.
(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348, as amended to this date.)
Regulation 350 is omitted and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
350. Telegrams shall, except in cases in which natural obstacles or other difficulties intervene, be delivered free of charge within a radius of 3 miles from a Chief Telegraph Office, and within a radius of 1½ miles from any other office from which a delivery of telegrams is made, and at which a telegraph messenger is employed for that purpose. Telegrams for delivery to addressees beyond a radius of 3 miles but within 3½ miles from a Chief Telegraph Office shall he delivered on payment of a charge of 3d. for each delivery, irrespective of the number of telegrams for the same addressee delivered at the one time. Beyond the above-mentioned radii of 3½ miles and l½ miles respectively, delivery expenses will be charged. For telegrams to be delivered on shipboard, a charge for boat hire, if necessary, may be made.
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