POSTAL CONCESSIONS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1960, 17 January 1914, Page 5

POSTAL CONCESSIONS.

1~ ANNOUNCED BY THE MIXJSTEIi (By IVlcsfeth.— Press AModatioa.) Clirlstchurch, January IS. Tho Hon. It. lieatoH RJiodes, i'ost!nastei'»Cie«eial, aiiiiouucrd to-day several foiiceseions oointected \vi4li his Dβpai'tineAt. "Prior to January 1," s;.ii4 tho Minister, "the charge to « private , liox-hokler at any plncc «hor« a lcttor« carriers' delivery was estaulishcd, wSR £1 a year. A rcdu::l«m hue now Ijceti ■inado which enables any person who re* sides beyond the- limits of a lettercarrier's delivery tq hold a box on payment of IGs. per annum. The charge to persons residing witiiin the limits of <leihcry remains the same. Avvanpje-imwits have alsa no-w lieeti made," lie added,''whereby rui-al inail centrftctors ma.v obtain money jirders and posta-} notes on bohalf of any settlers residing on tW route of delivery of a .rural mai3. Coiitraetors, ivhilo engaged iu sorvico on a rural route, may also , carry. for stile a stock of postage stamps sufficient to meet the demands of purchasers. , "Further arrangements havonow been made whereby newspapers, published in numbers at intervals of not more tfeii seven da.vs. may Iμ registered at the General Post Offire, Lmvlen, for transmission within the British Islands nt tho jmirapn.per rate of Jd. pe»' copy. Hie registration fee is s*. pel (iiiiium, mi<! registratii).!! must lie r&' newed from ;vear to ,vear. Registration way be refused mi'-ess ap rangoments linve been made tb the srstis* faction of the Imperial PostmasterGeneral for maintaining: rt res|)Mi*iUk representative of tire publication'- in the United Kin^loin, "Finally," said the Minister, "it lias been nrrim-ged that vessel? arrivinn frorri or departing for tho Chatham Islaiule are to bo reported hy wireless telegram in tho same ina.tmor'as vosseis arrivinp at, or jepn.rti.tig from, Now Ze.i.lniid fierts. These c-ltangss," ho ntMed, "are (ittJe imp ; i'Ovemc»ts which will maierially improro tho servioe rendered t<! tiio public by tho Department."