STATUTORY RULES.
1905. No. 26.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE " POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901."
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 attached amended Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901, namely :—
POSTAL REGULATIONS—Post Cards, Printed Papers ;
GENERAL POSTAL REGULATIONS—Miscellaneous ;
TELEGRAPHIC REGULATIONS.—Telegrams within the Commonwealth—Multiple Telegrams ; Telegrams available for inspection—Fees for search, etc. ;
should come into immediate operation, and make the amended Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this fifth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and five.
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
SYDNEY SMITH,
By His Excellency's Command.
AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS UNDER THE " POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901."
These regulations shall be read as amendments to the regulations under the above Act, published in the Gazette on the 5th June, 1902 (in these regulations referred to as the principal regulations), and the headings in these regulations refer to the corresponding headings in the principal regulations.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.
Post Cards.
The following regulation is hereby inserted in the principal regulations after regulation 4 :—
" 4a. Pictorial post-cards, transmissible within the Commonwealth and between the Commonwealth and New Zealand, may be divided on the face by a vertical line, the space to the left of the line, which must not exceed that on the right, to be available for a written communication, while the space on the right is to be used exclusively for the address."
C.3893.—Price 3d.
Printed Papers.
Regulation 4 under this head in the principal regulations is hereby amended by adding thereto at the end thereof—" but post-cards on which the words ' Printed Matter ' have been substituted in manuscript for the words ' Post Card ' may be allowed to pass as printed papers, provided that the regulations relating to printed papers are observed, and the card bears no other writing except the name and address of the person to whom it is sent."
GENERAL POSTAL REGULATIONS.
Miscellaneous.
The principal regulations under this head are hereby amended by inserting the following regulation after regulation 15 : —
" 16. When a firm is dissolved, and any member of the late firm gives notice to the postmaster not to deliver to any person other than himself any postal article addressed to the firm, the postmaster (unless he is satisfied as to who is entitled to delivery) may refuse to deliver all such postal articles until an agreement is arrived at between the persons interested as to their delivery, and, in default of such agreement, may mark such postal articles ' In Dispute,' and send them to the Dead Letter Office, unless they bear requests for their return if not delivered within a certain time, in which case they should at the expiration of the time named on the postal article be returned to the sender. No postal article shall be sent to the Dead Letter Office under this regulation until the expiration of thirty days from the date of the receipt of the above-mentioned notice."
TELEGRAPHIC REGULATIONS.
Telegrams Within the Commonwealth.
Multiple Telegrams.
The regulation under this head in the principal regulations is hereby repealed and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof : —
“ Multiple Telegrams.
"A multiple telegram may be addressed either to several persons in the same locality, or in different localities, served by the same telegraph office, or to the same person at several addresses in the same locality, or in different localities served by the same telegraph office. The name of the office of destination is needed only once at the end of the address.
" The charge for a non-urgent multiple telegram shall be the charge for a single telegram for the first copy, and an additional charge of 5d. for each 100 words or fraction of 100 words contained in each copy after the first.
" The charge for an urgent multiple telegram shall be the charge for a single urgent telegram for the first copy, and an additional charge of 10d. for each 100 words, or fraction of 100 words, contained in each copy after the first.
" This regulation shall not apply to ' Press ' telegrams."
Telegrams Available for Inspection.—Fees for Search, etc.
The regulation under this head in the principal regulations is hereby repealed, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof :—
"A telegram may be inspected by the sender thereof, without charge, at the office at which it was lodged for transmission, on the day on which it was so lodged.
" A telegram may be inspected and certified copies or extracts therefrom obtained by the sender, or the addressee, or an agent of the sender or addressee, at any time within two years after the date when it was lodged for transmission, subject to the following conditions :—
" (a) Satisfactory proof of identity must be furnished ; and
" (b) The search fee must be paid in advance.
" The search fee shall be is. where sufficient particulars are furnished to enable the telegram to be traced without an extended search; but if those particulars are not furnished, the fees shall be 2s. 6d., or 1s. for each day's messages examined, whichever sum is larger."
" If desired, the copy or extract may be sent by telegraph, in which case half rates shall be charged for transmission of the telegram containing the copy or extract, in addition to the search fee."
By Authority : Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.