POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 10 April 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. Inland, the Cooi: and certain other South Sea Islands, lid forest 4ozs. or fraction thereof; Jd for each additional 2oz. or fracrtion thereof. The iUnited Kingdom and British possessions, ljd for each oz. or fraction thereof. ~ *>

j Postcards—lnland: Single Id, reply 3.id. All other places: Single lid, reply "23 d. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS.

All places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof.

Magazines (registered) ssach copy not exceeding Boz. Id; ©very additional Boz. or fraction thereof id.

Parcels inland 3£d first lb, lid each additional lb. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, |d each. , « ; REGISTRATION. Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing It fonder the hand-to-hand check of every officer dealing with it. Registered matter should be placed 3n strong covers. All classes of matter may be registered'; bujb commer «lal papers, printed papers, etc., must pe so packed as to admit of easy examination. Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for ip from the office at which it. is registered. If a further receipt is desired |rom the addresse.e, this will be obfained upon payment by the*sender of 4an additional fee of 2£d at the time 'Of registration or subsequently. In the event b£ the loss of an in-, fahd registered letter or a registered letter from any country with which Btfew Zealand has a reciprocal arrangement as to indemnities the Postmasconsents, under certain (conditions, to be liable to pay a sum not exceeding '£2. POSTAL NOTES. New Zealand. —The notes are issued tor nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows:—For notes of Is, Is 6d, 2s and 2s 6d, poundage |d; 3s and ss, poundage Id; 10s, 15s, and 20s, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders.—British postal orders for fixed sums from 6d to £i are issued for payment In the Uhi- ■& KiaWSom and some of the British pdasessioW The poundage is: tTp ■o 2s J|d, Id; Jo 15s, 2d; to £l, 3d. Money. Orders (for within New Zealand): —For sums not oyer £5 the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, W; £2O, Is; £25, Is 3d; £3O, Is sd; £35, Is *d; £4O, 2s. TELEGRAPH. Tariff Rates—lnland: Ordinary tele» prams from any station to any stolon, for 12 words or less, including iddress and signature Bd, for every idditional word id. Urgent telegrams. —For 12 words ot Ks, including address and signature 2d, for every additional word, Id.

MAILS.

iils cjk>se at the Taihape Post s as follows: —Daily (except Sun-

Sgaf.—Otiku, Wanganui. Mataroa, Tunangarere, Hihitahi, Booth's Mill, Waiouru, Rangataua, Ohakune, K£rloi.

a.m. —Ohutu, Taoroa.

a.m. —Main ►Trunk South. '

0 a.m.—TJtlku, Ohingaiti (i MalgaonohO|{Huntßrvillef Taranaki (R.P.0.) IS^pta.— Mataroa, Tunangarere, HIMtahi, Ohakune, Ohakune Junetion, Horopito.

1 3.15 p.m.—TTtiku, Mangawekto, Hunterville, Marton, Marton Junction, Feildlng, Palmeraton North, 'WanganuL- £ p.m.—Mataroa, Rangataua, Ohakune, 7" p.m.—Main Trunk North, Rae ; tihi. 9.45 p.m.—Auckland, Wellington. . Moawhango—Tuesday, Thursday, Sa« tufday—l2.ls p.m. « ■ ' v v •Rural. ■■.C'.,|'S? l i^-j|~' Kaweka Road—Tuesday and Friday, 8.30 a.m. Ngawaka—Wednesday and Satur« day, 8 a.m. Papakai Road—Dally 4.30 p.m. Raukura—Daily 7 a.m. Taoroa Road—Daily 7 ft.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.nL 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*

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 and printed papers were adopted on the 21st January, 1916; those for pattern and sample packets operate on the 18th February, 1916.

REGISTERED MAGAZINE: POST-

AGE FOR 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. and 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.

Up to 2oz. id. Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. 1d. ,, 4oz. ,, 6oz. 11rd. ,, 6oz. ,. 8'oz. 2d. ,, 8oz. ,, 10oz. 23d. ,, 1002. ,, llb. 3d. ,, 11b. ,, 21b. 43d ,, 215 ,, 31b 6d. ,, 3Ib. ,, 41b. 7§d.