POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 12 April 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS.

* Inland, the Cook and certain other South Sea Islands, IJd &r fraction thereof; id for each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof. The {United Kingdom and British possesBions, lid for each oz. or fraction -thereof. ~ ■ 7 Postcards—lnland: Single Id, reply {lid. All other places: Single lid, reply 2id. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof. Magazines (registered) jgSach copy not exceeding Boz. Id; ®3very additional Boz. or fraction thereof id. Parcels inland 3id first Ih, lid each additional lb. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each. —■ I" ■■— r i REGISTRATION.

f Registration insures proof of the {delivery of mail-matter by placing it finder the hand-to-hand check of every {officer dealing with it. Registered matter should he placed in strong covers. All classes of matter may be registered'; but commer Bial papers, printed papers, etc., must £}a so packed as to admit of easy examination. v 'j Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for it Jrom the office at which it is reglsfhred. if a further receipt is desired |rom the addressee, this will be chained upon payment by of additional fee of 2Jd at the time |3f registration or subsequently. In the event of the loss of an inland registered Tetter or a registered letter from any country with which jNew Zealand has a reciprocal arrange|nent as to indemnities the Postmas-ter-General consents, under certain to he liable to pay a sum :Bot exceeding "£2. POSTAL NOTES. ■ r ,—**.<„ New Zealand, —The note Fare Issued gor mne amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows:—For notes Bf Ib, Is B'd, 2s and 2s 6d, poundage gd; 3s and ss, p'oundage Id; 10b, 15s, Bud 20s, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders. —British posjtal orders for fixed sums from 6d to (£1 issued for payment in the tJhf.M Kingdom and some of the British r sessions. The poundage is: Dp; 2s 6d, Id; fo 15s, 2d; to £l, 3d. Money Orders (for places within (New Zealand). —For sums not oyer fj&s the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; ‘£ls, fd; £2O, Is; £25, Is 3d; £3O, la sd; pE3S, Is 9d; £4O, 2s. If 4 f TELEGRAPH. t Tariff Rates —Inland: Ordinary tele Irams, from any station to any stagem, Tor 12 words or less, including Address and signature Bd, for every Additional word id. r Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or tess. Including address and signature 2d, for every additional word. Id. i ) HAILS.

| Mails close at the Taihape Post Office as follows: —Daily (except Sundays) :

|> a.m.—Utiku, Wanganui, Mataroa, y Turangarere, Hihitahi, Booth’s * Mil], Waiouru, Hangataua, Oha- ” tune, Karioi. / & a.m.—Ohutu, Taoroa. & a.m.—Main Trunk South-

g. 40 a.m.—Utiku, Ohingaiti, Maigaonoon ho, Hunterville, Taranaki (R.P.0.) p.m.—Mataroa, Turtangarere, Hlj£ Eltahi, Ohakune, Ghakune Juno f; tion, Horoplto.

3.15 p.m.—Utiku, MangawekO, Hunterville, Marton, Marton Junction, Feilding, 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, Sa-turday—-12.15 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. Raukura—Daily 7 a.m. Taoroa Road—Dally 7 la.m. Wainui (Raukura) —Tuesday, Thursday, 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 p.m.

POSTAGE RATS: 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 rate# are as follows for books and printed papers

Up to 2oz Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. Id.

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, 1-916; those for pattern and sample packets operate on the 18th February, 1916. REGISTERED MAGAZINE: POSTAGE FQR AUSTRALIA AND FIJI. So that tbe 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 (•hereof, id. *An additional id. war-tax must be added in this case.

99 4oz. 99 6oz. lid. 99 6oz, 99 8oz. 2d. 14 8oz. 19 lOoz. 2Jd. 99 lOoz. 99 11b. 3d. 99 lib. •9 21b. 4id 99 21b 99 31b 6d. 99 3 lb. 99 41b. 7id.