STATUTORY RULES.
1912. No. 173.
PROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1910.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the undermentioned amended Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1910, namely:—
Telegraphic Regulations.
Telegrams within the Commonwealth: Electoral Telegrams.
should come into immediate operation, and make the amended Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a provisional Regulation.
Dated this seventeenth day of August, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
E. FINDLEY.
TELEGRAPHIC REGULATIONS.
Telegrams Within the Commonwealth.
Electoral Telegrams.
The Regulation under this head (Statutory Rules 1906, No. 81) is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—
“Electoral Telegrams.
Telegrams concerning Commonwealth Parliamentary Elections, and containing only the names of Commonwealth Electoral Divisions and Subdivisions, names of candidates at such elections, the number of votes polled by each such candidate, and the number of informal votes, and which shall be lodged for transmission after an election, shall be transmitted on payment of the rates prescribed for Commonwealth press telegrams transmitted within the Commonwealth.”
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