MONEY ORDER RATES.

Shannon News, 16 February 1923, Page 3

MONEY ORDER RATES.

PRIVATE MAIL BAGS,

In addition to the reductions, which came into force this month in the cost of letter postage and telegrams, reductions are also announced in the cost of money orders and the postage of printed matter. The price for money orders will be as follows:—

Payable in New Zealand: Id for each £1 or fraction thereof, but with a mini mum charge of 6d, plus a telegraph fee of Is if order is sent by ordinary tele gram, or 2s if it is sent .by urgent telegram. For a private communication for the payee, added to the official telegram of advice: 2d per word if order is sent by ordinary telegram, or 2d per word if it is-sent by urgent telegram. 1 Undelivered printed matter prepaid Id that ha 3 been posted in New Zealand ($d outside New Zealand) and bears a special request for its return to the sender, or is of intrinsic value, wiil be returned and changed additional postage of. Id.

Savings Bank telegrams will be charged the same rate as ordinary telegrams—9d for 12 words (urgent rates, Is 6d). For inland multiple telegrams, the additional fee for each address after the first shall be for ordinary telegrams 4ld, urgent 9d. Telegrams from farmers, addressed * ‘Weather,” Wellington, seeking information as to the state of .the weather, are to be charged Is for message and reply. The rates for private mailbags carried by contractors will be: £2 per annum for first bag, £1 for second bag, half rates if delivery is taken at post office where bag is made ,up. For private bags carried otherwise than by contractor, same rates, where the cost of carriage docs not exceed contractor’s rates,; where it exceeds them, £1 per anmim, plus actual cost of carriage.