MAILS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 85, 8 April 1916, Page 7

MAILS.

Mails close at the Taihape Post Offic e as follows:—Daily (except Sundays) : 5 a.m. —Utiku, Wanganui, Mataroa, Turangarere, Hihitahi, Booth's Mill, Waiouru, Rangataua, Ohakune, Karioi. 7 a.m. —Ohutu, Taoroa. 8 a.m. —Main Trunk South. 9.40 a.m. —Utiku, Ohingaiti, Maigaonoho, Hunterville, Taranaki (R.P.0.) 12.15 p.m.—Mataroa, Turangarere, Hihitahi, Ohakune, Ohakune Junction, Horopito. 3.15 p.m.—Utiku, Mangaweka, Hunterville, Marton, Marton. Junction, Feilding, Palmerston North, Wanganui. 5 p.m.—Mataro'a, Rangataua, Ohakune. 7 p.m.—Main Trunk North, Raetihi. 9.45 p.m.—Auckland, Wellington.

Moawhango—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday—l2.ls p.m. Rural. Kaweka Road—Tuesday and Friday, 8.30 a.m. Ngawaka—Wednesday and Saturday, 8 a.m. Papakai Ro'ad—Daily 4.30 p.m. Raukura—Daily 7 a.m. Taoroa Road—Daily 7 la.m. ,Wainui (Raukura)— Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12.15 p.m. Winiata —Daily 7 a.m. Private Bags. P. Casey, J. G. Collins, E. Gilbert, F. Overton, G. A. Wheeler (Taoroa)— Daily 7 a.m. M. Morrison—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12.15 p.m.

POSTAGE RATE: BOOK OR PAPER; PATTERN OR SAMPLE PACKET. The inland rates for books and printed papers and for pattern and sample packets have been reduced to correspond with the inland parcel rates in all cases where they formerly exceeded them. The new inland rates are as follows for books and printed papers Up to 2oz |d.

Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. Id. „ 4oz. „ 6oz. 15d. 6oz. „ Boz. 2d. „ Boz. „ lOoz. 2|d. „ lOoz. „ lib. 3d. „ lib. „ 21b. 41d „ 21b „ 31b 6d. „ 31b. „ 41b. Ud. The inland maximum weight for books and printed papers is 4 lb. For pattern and sample packets— Up to 41b., s'ame as for books and printed papers A_bove 4:b. and not exceeding 51b. 9d. The inland maximum weight for pattern and sample packets is 51b. The war-tax of Sd per article must be added in each case. The new rates for books and printed papers were adopted on the 21st January, 1916; those for pattern and sample packets operate on the 18th February, 1916.

REGISTERED MAGAZINE: POSTAGE FOR AUSTRALIA AND FIJI. So that the postage on registered magazines for Australia and Fiji wiil not exceed the Postal Union rate, the postage is to be altered as under: Each copy not exceeding 2oz £d. Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. Id. 4oz. „ Boz. Id.* Every additional 4oz. or fraction thereof, Id. ■ , *An additional id. war-tax must be added in this case.