POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 5 April 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

(LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS.

Inland, the Cook and certain oCher South Sea Islands, l|d ■or fraction thereof; id for each additional _2oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom and British possessions, ljd for each oz. or fraction thereof.

Postcards—lnland: Single Id, reply lid. Ail other places: Single lid, reply 2id. ©OOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS.

All places: Id. per 2oz. or fractfen -thereof.

Magazines (registered) Each copy not exceeding Bes. Id; aSvery additional Boz. ox fraction thereof id.

Parcels inland 3id first lb, lid each additional lb. Newspapers. —Town and Inland, Jd veach. t REGISTRATION. Registration insures proof of the j&eliyery of mail-matter by placing it leader 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 eial papers', printed papers, etc., mijit -be so packed as to admit of easy exlafiriSation. Every person who register* a letter" is entitled to a receipt* for ip from the office at which it. is reglsii&&&. If a further receipt is desired from the addressee, this will be 6bfained upon payment by ;the*sender of £n additional fee of 2id 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 arrangejment as to indemnities the PostmastervGeneral 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; 3# and ss, poundage Id; 10s, 15s, anh 20s, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders. —British postal orders for fixed sums fr6m 6d to ■£i are issued for payment in the TJrii--?d Kingdom arid some of the British possessions. The poundage is: TJp to 2s 6d, Id; %o 15s, 2d; to £l, 3d. Money Orders (for peaces within Zealand):—For sums not oyer t£s the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, -9d; £2O, is; £25, Is 3d; £3O, la sd; '£3s, Is 9d; £4O, 2s. * TELEGRAPH*

Tariff Rates—lnland: Ordinary tele» grams, from any station to any station, "tor 12 words or less, including iatfilress and signature Bd, for every additional word Id. Urgent telegrams.—BJor 12 words or less, including address and signature Is 23, for every additional word. Id. y" MAILS. f Mails close at the Taihape Post .£ffiq© as follows: —Daily (except SuntSays):— 5 a.m.—TJtiku, Wanganjil, Mataroa, Turangttoere, Hihitahl, Booth's Mill-, Waiouru, Rangataua, Ohakune, Karioi. 7 a.m.—Ohutu, Taoroa. djt a.m.—Main 'Trunk South. -".40 a.m.—Utiku, Ohingaitl, Maigaonoho, Hunterville, Taranaki (R.P.0.) 12.15 p.m.—Mataroa, Tutfangarere, Hlhitahi. Qhakune, Ohakiine Juno

3.15 p.m.—TJtiku, Mangaweka, Hunterviile. Marton, Marton Junction, Fellding, Palmerston North, Wifaganul 5 p.m.—Mataroa, Rangataua, Ohakune. 7 p.m.—Main Trunk Nerth, Raetihi. 9.45 p.m.—Auckland, Wellington. Moawhango—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday—l2.l6 p.in. 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. Gollins, 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 books and printed papera

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 rates for books ahd 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, the postage is jto be altered as under: — Each copy riot exceeding 2oz id. Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4dz. Id. „ 4oz. „ Boz. Id.* Every additional 4oz. or fraction thereof, id. •An additional idi war-tax must be added in this case.

Up to 2oz Above 2oz. ana not exceeding 4oz. Id. » 4oz. , > 6oz. lid. „ 6oz. , » Soz. 2d. » 8©z-. , , lOoz. 21d. .„ 106z. , ., lib. 3d. „ lib. , 21b. 4Jd „ 21b , 31b 6d. „ 31b. 41b. 7jd.