POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 22 March 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. Inland, the Cook and certain other South Sea Islands, IJd for first 40z*. or fraction thereof; id 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. DOCKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof. Magazines (registered) ■pach copy not exceeding Boz. Id; (Every additional Boz. or 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 the hand'-to-hand check of every -officer dealing with it. Registered matter should be placed strong covers. All classes of matter may be registered; but commer icial papers, printed papers,, etc., must (be so packed as to admit of easy ®xanimation. Every person who registers a letifcef is entitled to a receipt for it j prom the office at which it is regi’a|ered. If a further receipt is desired -from the addressee, this will' be chained upon payment by the*sender of additional fee of 2id at the time g)f registration or subsequently. In the event of the loss of an InBand registered letter or a registered letter from any country with which Slew Zealand has a reciprocal arrahgeJndnt 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 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 are issued for payment in the UniW*. d Kingdom and some of the British possessions. The poundage is: Up to 2b 6d, Id; t° l» s » 2d; to £l, 3d. Money Orders (for places within New Zealand). —For sums not oyer {■£s the charge Is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, - sd; £.20, Is; £25, Is 3d; £3O, la sd; •'£3s, Is 9d; £4O, 2s.

TELEGRAPH. Tariff Rates—lnland: Ordinary tele* Sams, from any station to any stain, lor 12 words or less. Including address and signature Bd, for every . additional word id. Urgent telegrams. —For 12 words or 4ess, including address and signature jls 2d, for every additional' word. Id. MAILS. Mails close at the Taihape Post >Ofßce as follows:—Dally (except Sundays):— - 'am.—Utiku, Wanganui, Mataroa, Turangarere, Hihitahi, Booth’s Mill, Waiouru, Rangataua, Ohakune, Karioi. 7 a.m. —Ohutu, Taoroa. S> a.m. —Main -Trunk South.. UL4O a.m. —Utiku, Ohlngaitl, Maigaonoho, Hunterville, Taranaki (R.P.0.) rtf2.is~pm.—Mataroa, Turiangarere, Hihitahi, Ohakune, Ohakune June* *. tion, Horopito.

3.15 p.m.—Utiku, Mangawekss, Hunterville, Marton, Mart on Junction, Feildlng, Palmerston North, Wanganui. 5 p.m.—Mataroa, 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. Papakal 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 Sags. 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 hooks and printed paper®

Up to 2oz |d. Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. id. „ 4oz. „ 6oz. lid. ~ 6oz. ~ Boz. 2d. * Boz. ~ lOoz. 2Jd. „ lOoz. „ lib. 3d. lib. „ 21b. 4id „ 21b „ 31b 6d. „ 31b. „ 41b. 7id. The Inland maximum weight for books and printed papers is 4 lb. For pattern and sample packets— Up to 41b., same as for hooks and printed papers \ Above 41b. and not exceeding 51b. 9d. The inland maximum weight for x pattern and sample packets Is 51h. The war-tax of id per article must he added in each case. The new rates for books ana printed papers were adopted on the 21st January, 1916; those for pattern and sample packets operate on the 18th February, 1916.

REGISTERED MAGAZINE: POSTAGE FQR AUSTRALIA AND FIJI. So that the postage on registered magazines for Australia and Fiji will not exceed the Postal Union rate, £he postage is to be altered as under: Each copy not exceeding 2oz id. Above 2oz. land 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.