STATUTORY RULES.
1906. No. 98.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901.
(Issued provisionally as Statutory Rule 1906, No. 64.)
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, namely:—
General Regulations—Holiday Arrangements.
to come into operation on the 17th day of November, 1906.
Dated this twenty-sixth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and six.
(Sgd.) NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd.) ALFRED DEAKIN.
General Regulations.
Holiday Arrangements.
The Regulations under this head and the amendments thereof made by Statutory Rules 45 and 81 of 1904 shall be repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof, viz.:—
Holiday Arrangements.
3. On Christmas Day and Good Friday the same arrangements shall be observed as on Sunday; and on other Public Holidays the arrangements shall be as follow:—
— | New Year’s Day, Easter Monday, King’s Birthday, Boxing Day, and Holidays proclaimed throughout the Commonwealth, or appointed or proclaimed in any State or part of a State, and generally observed in that State or part as Public Holidays. | Other days or half-days appointed or proclaimed as Holidays in any State or part of a State, but not generally observed in that State or part as Holidays. |
General Post Office— The Delivery Office, Registration Office, and office for sale of postage stamps to be open | From 9 a.m. to 12 noon | As on ordinary days |
Private boxes to be open as usual. The country mails usually despatched in the afternoon and evening, also the coastwise, Inter-State, and foreign mails, to close | At 12 noon, unless otherwise specially intimated | As on ordinary days |
The first delivery only. to be effected by postmen. The Parcels Office to be open.......... | From 9 a.m. to 12 noon | As on ordinary days |
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Holiday Arrangements—continued.
— | New Year’s Day, Easter Monday, King’s Birthday, Boxing Day, and Holidays proclaimed throughout the Commonwealth, or appointed or proclaimed in any State or part of a State, and generally observed in that State or part as Public Holidays. | Other days or half-days appointed or proclaimed as Holidays in any State or part of a State, but not generally observed in that State or part as Holidays. |
General Post Office—continued. |
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The Money Order Office to be open | From 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon | As on ordinary days |
The Chief Telegraph Office to be open.. | As on ordinary days | |
All Post and Telegraph Offices above the 4th Class to be open for telegraphic business | As on ordinary days | |
Branch Offices in the cities and suburban and country offices to be open | From 9 a m. to 12 noon, and if they do not ordinarily close at 6 p.m., from 6 to 8 p.m. | As on ordinary days |
The first delivery only to be made by postmen. |
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The iron pillar receivers and letter boxes in the city and metropolitan suburbs to be cleared | Only at the ordinary hours in the morning | As on ordinary days |
Note.—If British and Foreign Mails arrive, or are despatched on any of the above-mentioned holidays, special arrangements must be made to suit the public convenience.
By Authority: J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer, Melbourne.