POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 30 March 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

USTTERS AND LETTER CARDS. Inland, the Cook and certain other -South Sea Islands, lid for first 4oz«. <yr fraction thereof; id for each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom and British possessions, lid for each oz. or fraction thereof. Postcards—lnland: Single Id, reply lid. All other places: Single lid, reply 2Jd. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERSAll places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof. Magazines (registered) Bach copy not exceeding Boz. Id; 30very additional Boz. or fraction thereof id. Parcels inland 3id first lb, lid each lb. Newspaper!.—Town and inland, id ■each.

j f REGISTRATION. insures proof of the I 'depßr of mail-matter by placing it ' the hand-to-hand check of every jteffiiqer dealing with It. tMßegistered matter should be placed |n strong covers. All classes of matter may be registered; but commer fpial papers, printed papers, etc., must pe so packed as to admit of easy ©x- — amination. Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for it from the office at which it is regls§Br£d. if a further receipt is desired feem the addressee, this will be ob|aiined upon payment by the*sender of an additional fee of 2id at the time »| registration or subsequently. *ln the event of the loss of an inland registered'letter or a registered getter frflm any country with which JNew Zealand has la reciprocal arrangejment as to indemnities the Postmas-ter-General consents, under certain to be lfable to pay a sum inbt exceeding '£2.

POSTAL NOTES. ■» —a . New Zealand. —The notes lire Issued lor nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows: —For notes *i>f Is, Is .63, 2s arid 2s 6d, poundage Id; 3s and ss, poundage Id; 10s, 15s, .and 20s, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders.—British posAgtl orders for fixed sums from 6d to l&I aye issued for payment in the Uril--rf "arid some of the British jpcfcsessions. The poundage is: Up to 2s 6d ; Id; %o 15s, 2d; to £l, 3d. Money Orders (for places within New Zealand). —For sums not oxer (£5 the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, |9d; £"ib/ls; £25, Is 3d; £3O, U sd; f£3s, Is 9d; £4O, 2«.

TELEGRAPH. Tariff Bates—lnland: Ordinary tele» ferams, from any station to any it*jfcian, tor 12 words or less, including i flUfdress and signature Sd, for every additional word I'd. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 word* or " fcess, including address and signature |ls 2d, for every additional word, Id. MAILS. Mails close at the Taihape Post | Office as follows:—Daily (except Sun»Jdays):— Wi a~m.—Utifcu, Wacgannl, Mataroa, 1 Turangarere, Hildtahi, Booth's M 01» Waiouru, Rangataua, Ofcafcune, Kariol. W% a.w~— Ohutu, Taoroa. -fl|lw~Main -Trunk South. fc-fll a.m.—Utiku, Ohingalti, MaigaonoI ho, 'Hunterville, Taranald (R.P.0.) "Tt2.ls:p.m.—Mataroa, Turangarere, Hl- ' hitahi, Ohakune, Ohafcune 7w& |\| tion, Horopito.

3.15 p.m.—Utlku, Mangawekft, Hunterville, Marton, Marton Junction, Peilding, Palmerston North, WanganuL 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. Papakal 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.ih. 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 paper§ Up to 2oz id. Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. Id. » 4oz. M 6oz. lid. » 6oz. „ Boz. 2d. h Boz. „ lOoz. 2id. » lObz. „ nb. 3d. .. lib. „ 21b. 4id » 21b „ 31b 6d. » 31b. „ 4ib. 7|d. 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 be added in each case. The new rate's for books an<j printed papers were adopted on the 21st January, 19*16; 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, Jthe postage is to be altered as under: — Each copy not exceeding 2oz Id. Above 2ozfmi(i 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.