Ex. Min. 374. Commonwealth of Australia.
Postmaster-General’s Department,
31st July, 1902.
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IS Excellency the Acting Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the Executive Council thereof, has approved that the regulations fixing rates for conversations over telephone trunk lines for Press business between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. be amended as follows:—
Telephone Trunk Lines—Press Rates.
Where telephone trunk lines connect two towns at both of which telephone attendants are employed during the night, the charge for conversations in the nature of Press telegrams between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. shall be as follows :—
Distance. | Rate for five minutes’ conversation. |
Not exceeding 50 miles | .... Sixpence. |
Not exceeding 100 miles | .... Ninepence. |
Not exceeding 150 miles | .... One shilling and one penny. |
Not exceeding 200 miles | .... One shilling and fivepence. |
JAMES G. DRAKE,
Postmaster-General.