POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 210, 13 October 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; Id for each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom and British possessions, for each oz. or fraction thereof. Postcards—lnland: Single Id, reply lid. All other places: Single lid, reply 21d. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof. Magazines (registered) Each copy not exceeding Boz. Id; Every additional Soz. or fraction thereof Id. Parcels inland 31d first lb, lid each additional lb. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, Id each. REGISTRATION. Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing ii 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 oial 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 obtained upon payment by of an additional fee of 21d at the time of registration or subsequently. In the event of the loss of an 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 nst 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 2s 6d, poundage Id; 3s and ss, poundage Id; 10s, 15s, and 20s, poundage 2d. BVitish Postal Orders. —British postal orders for fixed sums from 6d to £1 are issued for payment in the Uni- ' Kingdom and some of the British possessions. The poundage is: Up to 2s 6d, Id; to 15s, 2d; to £l, 3d. Money Orders (for places within New Zealand). —For sums not oyer £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 telegrams, from any station to any station, for 12 words or less, including address and signature Bd, for every additional word Id. Urgent telegrams. —For 12 words or less, including adiress 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, 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, Mangawekift, Hunter- \ viile, Marton/ Martoa Junction,'

Feilding, Palmewtoa North, |Wanganui. 5 p.m.—Mataroo, Rangataua, Ohakune. *7 p.m.—Main Trunk North, Raetihi. 9.45 p.m.—Auckland, Wellington. Moawhango—Tuesday Thursday, Satiirday—l2.ls p.m. Rural. Kaweka Road-— Tuesday and Friday, 8.30 a.m. Ngawaka—Wednesday and Satur* day, 8 a.m. Papakai Rofcd— Daily 4.30 p.m. Raukura—Daily 7 a.m. Taoroa Road— Dally 7 tt.m. Wainui (Raukura)— Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12.15 p.m. Winiiata— Daily 7 a.m. Private Bags. P. Casey, J. G.' Collins, E. Gilbert, P. Overton, G. A. Wheeler (Taor-. oa)—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.

The inland maximum weight for books and printed papers is 4 lb. For pattern and sample packets— Up to 41b., same aa 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 Sd per article must be added in each case. The new rate 3 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 will 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, Jd. *An additional §d. war-tax must be added in this case.

„ 4oz. II 6oz. lj^d. „ 6oz. 11 8oz. 2d. „ 8oz. M lOoz. 2|d. „ lOoz. II lib. 3d. „ lib. II 21b. 4£d „ 21b ii 31b 6d. „ 31b. ii 41b. 7Jd..