The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY JUNE 16, 1886.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1735, 16 June 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY JUNE 16, 1886.

The Parcels Post; Bill entitles any person to send parcels by the Post Office subject to the provisions of the Act and regulations made thereunder, and also subject to the terms and conditions of any convention, agreement, &c, made by the Postmaster-General.- TheGo-vernbr-in-Council may make, alter, and revoke regulations for the following purposes : — Prescribing what parcels may be carried by the Post Office, and the weight, contents, mode of packing, receipt, aud despatch ; prescribing w>bat parcels may not be • carried, ii mg for thesale, disposal, or .'destruction or any prohibited parcel ; prescribing the rates for carriage, and that such rates shall be prepaid m postage Btamps ; providing for the forfeiture* and sale, or forfeiture and destruction, of undelivered or unclaimed parcels, . and, the manner m which the same shall be carried into effect ; limiting the liability of the ; Post Office m respect of any such parcel, providing the Post Office shall be so liable upon payment ' by the sender of any parcel additional or further postage as may be prescribed, and generally all regulations necessary to give full effect to this Act.