POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 24 March 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. Inland, the Cook and certain other .'South Sea Islands, lid for first 4bzs. ■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. Ail other places: Single lid, areply 2Jd. HOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof. Magazines (registered) "jijpiach copy not exceeding Boz. Id; JBJvery additional Boz. or fraction thereof id. Parcels Inland Sid 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 hand-to-hand check of every officer dealing with it. Registered matter should be placed covers. All classes of matiter may be registered; but commer icial papers, printed papers, etc., must ;be so packed as to admit of easy ex.araihation. Every person who registers a let--fer is entitled to a receipt for it from the office at which it is registered. If a further receipt is desired Ijrom the addressee, this will' be obtained upon payment by of -Sin additional fee of 2Jd 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 SNew 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 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. British Postal Orders. —British postal orders for fixed sums from 6d to '£lare issued for payment in the UriiKingdom and some of the British pctsLsessions. The poundage is: Up to 2a 6d, Id; %o 13s, 2d; to £l, 3d. Money Orders (for places within New Zealand). —For sums not oyer |i£s the charge is 3d; £l6, 6d; £ls, i9d; £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 *taJtfon, for 12 words or less, including iaddress and signature Bd, for every additional word id. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or dess, including address and signature jls 2d, for every additional word. Id. MAILS. Mails close at the Taihape Post (Office as follows:—Dally (except Sun- ■ jdays): — t> a.m. —Utiku, Wanganui, Mataroa, Turangarere, Hihitahi, Booth’s Mill, Waiouru, Rangataua, Ohakune, Kariol. g a.m. —Ohutu, Taoroa. -g a .m. —Main Trunk South. 9.40 /a.m. —Utiku, Ohingaitl, Maigaono- ■ Hunterville, Taranaki (R.P.0.) Jt2.15 p.m.—Mataroa, Turangarere, Hihitahi, Ohakune, Ohakuno Junop; tion, Horopito. BSCS* • -

3.15 p.m.—Utiku, Mangawekft, Hunterville. Marten, Marten Junction, Feilding, Palmerston North; Wanganui. 5 p.m.—Mataroa, Rangataua, Ohakune. 7 p.m.—Main Trunk North, Raetihl. 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. Rapkura—Daily 7 a.m. Taoroa Road—Dally 7 a.m. Wainui (Raukura) —Tuesday, Thurs- . day, Saturday, 12.15 p.m. Winiata—Dally 7 a.m. Private Bags. P. Casey, J. G. Collins, B. Gilbert, F. Overton, G. A, Wheeler (Taoroa) —Daily 7 a.m. M. Morrison—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12.15 pan.

POSTAGE RATE: BOOK OR PAPER; PATTERN OR SAMPLE PACKET. The inland fates 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 Ore as follows for books and printed papers Up to 2oz £d. Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. Id. .. 4oz. „ 6oz. lid. *» 6oz - » Boz. 2d. * Boz. „ lOoz. 2id. » iOoz- ' „ lib. 3d. •* 1U»- „ 21b. 4id » 21b >. 31b 6d. » 31b - t. 41b. 7id. The Inland maximum weight for books and printed papers is 4 lb. For pattern and sample packets— Up to 4lb. f 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 Jd 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 will not exceed the Postal Union rate, ;the postage is to he 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 he added in this case.