POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 22 November 1916, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. % y Inland, the Coojs and certain other South Sea Islands, lid for first 4ozs. or fraction thereof; |d for each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom and British possessions, lid for each oz. or fraction thereof. Postcards —Inland: Single Id, reply lid. All other places: Single lid, reply 2id. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof. Magazines (registered) E'ach copy not exceeding Boz. Id; Every additional Boz. o}- fraction thereof id. Parcels inland 3id first lb, lid each additional lb. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each.

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 obtained upon payment by of an additional fee of 2£d at the time of registration or subsequently.. In the event of the loss of an in land registered letter or a registered after 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 Cd, 2s and 2s 6d, poundage Jd; 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 Cd, 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; £2O. Is sd; £35, Is 9d; £4O, 2s. &

TELEGRAPH. Tariff Rates—lnland: Ordinary telegrams, 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. i Mails close at the Taihape Post Office as follows:——Daily (except Sun. days):--5 a.m.——Utiku. Wanganui. Mata;-ca’ Turmgarere, Hihitahi, 1300th'S Mi‘l, Waiouru, Rangataua, 0h22.~ L klmc, Karioi. 7 :I.m.~—’(Hmtu. ’!‘aow-on S a.l::.——3‘..?ain Trunl-: South,

9.40 a.m. —Utiku, Ohingaiti, Malgaonoho, Hunterville, Taranaki (R.P.0.) 12.15 p.m.—Mataroa, Tumngarere, Hlhitahi, Ohakune, Ohakune Jum> tion, Horopito. 3.15 p.m.—Utiku, Mangawekfl, HunterviJle. Marton. Marton Junction. Feilding, Palmerston North, Wanganui., 5 p.m.—Mataroa, Rangataua, Ohakune. 7 p.m.—Main Trunk North, Raetihi. 9.45 p.m.—Auckland, Wellington. Vloawhango—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday—l2.ls p.m. Rural. Kaweka Road—Tuesday and Friday, 8.30 a.m. Ng&waka—Wednesday and Saturday, 8 a.m. Papaka! Road —Dally 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, P. Overton, G. A. Wheeler (Taoroa) —Daily 7 a.m. M. MovHson—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. j 'lhe new inland rates are as follows for books and printed papers Up to 2oz jd. Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. Id. 4qz. „ 6oz. lid. » 6oz. „ Boz. 2d. « Boz. - „ 10oz. 2id. » iOoz. „ 11b. 3d. » 15b. „ 21b. 4id » 21b „ 31b 6d. » Blb - 41b. 7Jd. 'The inland maximum weight for books and printed papers is 4 lb. l or pattern and sample packets—]TP to Üb., same as for books and printed papers Above 4'b. and not exceeding 51b. £)d. The inland maximum weight for pattern and sample packets is 51b. The war-tax of id per article must be added in each case. The new rates for books and printed papers were adopted on the 21st January, 191 G; those for pattern and sample packets operate on the 18th February, 1916. REGISTERED MAGAZINE: POSTAGE FOR AUSTRALIA AND FIJI. So that the postage or* registered magazines for Australia and Fiji will nof exceed the Postal Union rate, the postage is to bo 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 Jd. war-tax must be added In this case.