ALTERATION OF POSTAGE AND TELEGRAPH CHARGES.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1920, Page 2

ALTERATION OF POSTAGE AND TELEGRAPH CHARGES.

INCREASED RATES, Thy Postmaster-General announces that alterations in postage and telegraph phargps wjif comp into force up the Ist August' next, a* fpjlqwjj:.— Letters and letter cards, (inland),'offered from lid for 4 ozs. to 2nd for 2 ozs; for Australia, United Kingdom, United States and certain other countries, altered from I.]d to 2d. Pott cards, (inland). ljJ lit | ij], Liftp fee, 1(| to 2d. Packets comprising commercial papers books ftp J printed papers, pattern and sample packets and unregistered magazines, (inland) .from Id for first 2ozs. and kl for each succeeding 4oz up to lib, ' ' " "" " I

| Registered magazines, Inland, Australia,- Fiji, and certain jsjands ip the Paiefic, New rates, 2d for each copy if not exceeding Bozs and 2d for each additional Bozs or fraction thereof, Newspapers, (inland), altered ire.})) )d to Id, Fee for registration altered from 2d to 3d. Inland parcels ,altered from 4Jd to Od for first pound. Fee for insurance of parcels, (inland) 2d to 3d, lip'jq £g: J’rivaje letter boxes, altered from £1 fy £1 10s per npnmuPfjvajp jpajl bpgs, £2 tp £2 Ills quell. Money orders, by ppgf, p,ay;)|iji; ip New Zealand, new rates id each £> with a minimum of 6d.; payable beyond New Zealand (except in Australia, United States of America or Canada), 6d e.ucji £1; payable in United States of Am.crjca or CftiifJ.d/1, od each 2s. Money orders by tejegrapji payable in Mew Zealand, same as by post, plus telegraph i'ap. Is 6d if sent by ordinary telegram, 3s if sent by urgent telegram. Money orders by telegram, ppyablp in the United Kingdom, as by post, plus ■nblilig fee. Domestic monev orders. 9d each, in-

eluding delivery fee. Postal notes, new commission rates; • up to 2s Gd, Id; 3s to los, 2d; 20s, 3d. Inland ordinary telegram, new rates, week days, Id for the first twelvo words, an,d TcJ for each additional word; urgent telpgrJMns, double above fates. Sunday apd public holidays, double rates for >yeok days. „ Registration of code addresses increased from 10s to £J ppr annum. The amount of the charges for telephone exchange, connections, ami telephone bureau communications, wiii he announced later.