REGULATIONS 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 following Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1923 to come into operation on and from the 1st May, 1930.
Dated this twenty-first day of May, 1930.
STONEHAVEN
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
J. A. LYONS
Postmaster-General.
Amendment of the Telephone Regulations.
(Statutory Rules. 1927, No. 145, as amended to this date.)
Regulation 147 is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) and inserting in their stead the following table and words:—
“
— | Unit fee area. | |||||
State capital city. | Other places. | |||||
| per annum | per annum | ||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
For the first quarter mile or part thereof................... | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
For each additional 220 yards or part thereof............... | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
The rental for private lines in underground cable shall be calculated on the radial distance and for aerial wires or aerial cable on the route distance. Where only one terminal point of any private line is situated within the unit fee area of a State capital city, the charges prescribed for private lines in such area shall apply to the whole line: ” ; and
(b) by omitting from the first proviso the words “extends beyond ” and inserting in their stead the words “ exceeds a chargeable distance of five miles, or where both terminal points are situated outside”.
By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.