POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 19 July 1916, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS.

, Inland, the Cook and certain other South Sea Islands, lid for first 4ozs. or fraction thereof; Jd for each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom and British possessions, lid for each oz. or fraction Heivnf. Postcards—lnland: Single Id, reply lid. All other places: Single ljd, .reply 2Jd. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof. Magazines (registered) Each copy not exceeding Boz. Id; EVery additional Boz. or fraction, thereof id. Parcels inland 3£d first lb, lid each additional lb. Newspapers.—Town and inland, |d each'.' r ... ,—,..„ .., : REGISTRATION. Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing it under the hand-to-hand check of every officer dealing with it. Registered matter should be placed in strong covers. All classes of matter may be registered; but commer cial papers, printed papers, etc., must be so packed as to admit of easy examination. Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for it from the office at which it is registered. If a further receipt is desired from the addressee, this will be obrained upon payment by the sender of an additional fee of 2Jd at the time of registration or subsequently. In the event of the loss of ap inland registered letter or a registered letter from any country with which New Zealand has a reciprocal arrangement as to indemnities the Postmas-ter-General consents, under certain conditions, to be liable to pay a sum not exceeding £2. POSTAL NOTES. New Zealand.—The notes are issued for nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows:—For notes of Is, Is 6d, 2s and 2 S 6d, poundage id; 3s and ss, poundage Id; 10s, 15s, and 20s, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders.—British postal orders for fixed sums from 6d to £1 are issued for payment in the UniKingdom and some of the British possessions. The poundage is: Up to 2s Gd, Id; to 'lss, 2d; to £l, 3d. Money Orders (for p'aces within New Zealand). —For sums not over £5 the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, 9d; £2O, Is; £25, Is 3d; £3O, Is sd; £35, Is 9d; £4O, 2s. TELEGRAPH. Tariff Rates —Inland: Ordinary tele» grams, from any station to any station, for 12 words or less, including address and signature Bd, for every additional word «d. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature Is 2d, for every additional word, Id. MAILS. Mails close at the Taihape Post Office as follows:—Daily (except Sundays):— 5 a.m. —Utiku, Wanganui, Matarea, Turangarere, Hihitahi, Booth's Mill, Waiouru, Rangataua, Ohakime, 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,

Fell ding, Palmerston North, Wanganui. 5 p.m.—Mataroia, Rangataua, Ohakune. 7 p.m.—Main Trunk North, Raedhi. 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 Road—Daily 4.30 p.m. Raukura —Daily 7 a.m. Taoroa Road —Daily 7,a.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 id. Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. Id.

k The inland maximum weight for books and printed papers is 4 lb. For pattern and sample packets— Up to 41b., same as for books and printed papers Above 41b. and not exceeding 51b. 9d. The inland maximum weight for pattern and sample packets is 51b. The war-tax of id per article must he 'added in each case. The new rates for books an<j printed papers were adopted on the 21st January, 1916; those for pattern and sample packets operate on the 18th February, 1916. REGISTERED MAGAZINE; POST-'4-3K-K,: AGE FOR AUSTRALIA AND FIJI. So that the postage on registered I.nmfhviJiies for Australia and Fiji will not exceed the Postal Union rate, the -postage is to be altered as under; Each copy not exceeding 2oz id. 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. TRAIN SERVICES. Trains leave Taihape— For North—3.29 a.m., 6.10 a.m., 12.55 p.m., 6.5/ p.m., 7.31 p.m. For South—l 2.32 a.m., 6.5 a.m., 8.31 a.m., 10.10 a.m., 3.50 p.m. Trains leave Taihape for— Auckland—3.29 a.m. and 7.31 p.m., arrival 2.55 p.m. and 6.43 a.m., Foxton—6.s aim. and 10.10 a.m., arrival 1.27 p.m. and 7.2 p.m. On Mondays 6.5 a.m. train does not connect at Palmerston. Masterton—l2.32 a.m., 8.31 a.m., I and 10.10 a.m., arrival 9.25 a.m., 3.1 p.m. and 10.5 p.m. New Plymouth—lo.lo a.m., arrival 10.25 and 9.40 p.m. Waihi —3.31 a.m. and 7.31 p.m., arrival 11.52 a.m., and 5 p.m. Wellington—Via Manawatu, 12.32 a.m., 8.31 a.m., and 10.10 a.m., arrival 6.26 a.m., 2.40 p.m. and 7.8 p.m.; via Wairarapa 12.32 a.m., 8.31 a.m., arrival 4.52 p.m. and 6.44 p.m. Whangamomona—lo.lo a.m., arrive 9.20 p.m. MorAnsville —3.29 a.m. and 7.31 p.m., arrival 8.52 a.m. and 2.18 p.m. Cambridge—3.29 a.m. and 8.31 p.m., arrival 11.17 a.m. and 2.35 p.m. Napier—l 2,32 a.m. and 8.31 a.m., arrival 1.56 p.m. and 6.12 p.m. Ohakune —3.29 a.m., 6.10 a.m., 12.55 p.m., 5.50 p.m., and 7.31 p.m., arrival 5.34 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 3.40 p.m., 8.35 p.m. and 9.41 p.m. Paeroa —3.29 a.m., and 7.31 p.m., ' arrival 10.55 a.m., and 4.3 p.m. Palmerston North —12.32 a.m., 6.5 a.m., 8.31 a.m., 10.10 a.m., and 3.50 p.m., arrival 3.11 a.m., 11 a.m., 11.18 a.m., 3.16 p.m. and 8.35 p.m. Rotorua —3.31 a.m., and 1.31 p.m., arrival 1.20 p.m., 5.40 p.m. Taumarunui —3.31 a.m., 6.10 a.m,, 12.55 p.m. and 7.31 p.m., arrival 8.4 a.m., 2.30 p.m., 8.20 p.m. and 12.8 a.m. Thames —3.31 and t-°l p.m., arrival 12.10 p.m. and 5.18 p.m. Te Aroha —3.31 a.m. and 7.31 p.m., arrival 10 a.m. and 3.7 p.m. Wanganui—6.s a.m., 8.31 a.m., 10.10 a.m., 3.50 p.m., arrival 11.15 a.m., 3.20 p.m. and 9 p.m. Waipukurau—l2.32 a.m. and 10.10 , a.m. i [The “Taihape Daily Times” is the bnly daily Press Association newspaper, for a distance of 180 miles along the Main Trunk Line from Marton to HamiltonJ]

7» 4oz. 99 6oz. lid. 99 6oz. 99 8oz. 2d. 99 8oz. 99 lOoz. 2 id. 99 lOoz. 99 11b. 3d. 99 11b. 99 21b. 4Jd 99 21b 99 31b 6d. 99 31b. 99 41b. 7id.