POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 14 April 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND liETTER CARDS.

i Inland, the Cook and certain other pSouth Sea Islands, for'"first 4ozb. j&r fraction thereof; id for each additional 2os. or fraction thereof. The [United Kingdom and British possessions, lid for each oz. or fraction thereof. Postcards —'Inland: Single Id, reply All other places: Single lid, reply 2id. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. Ml places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof. Magazines (registered) gjach copy not exceeding Boz. Id; ©very additional Boz. or fraction thereof id. Parcels inland SJd first lb, l|d each additional lb.

Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id each.

REGISTRATION. • Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing it the hand-to-hand check of every [Officer dealing with it.

Registered matter should be placed in Strong covers. All classes of mat-

|ber piay be registered; bub commer teial papers, printed papers, etc., must £e so packed as to admit of easy examination. Every person who registers- a letfer is entitled to a receipt for it from the office at which ,it is regia|sred. If a further receipt is desired tom the addressee, this will be obll&i’ed upon payment by of pji additional fee of 2|d at the time gif registration or subsequently.

In the event of the loss of an inland registered letter or a registered letter from any country with which |Jew Zealand has a reciprocal arrange|nent as to indemnities the Postmas-ter-General consents, under certain Conditions, to be liable to pay a sum aiot exceeding .'£2.

POSTAL NOTES. r ' - ' New Zealand. —'fhe notes are issued for nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows: —For notes Is, Is 6d, 2s and 2s Bd, poundage gd; 3s and ss, poundage Id; 10s, 15s, and 20s, poundage 2d. BVitish Postal Orders.—British postal orders for fixed Bums from 6d to |£l for payment In the Unled Kingdom and ‘some of the British ■|wteseßsU>ns. The poundage is:; fo 2s 6d, Id; to 15 s, 2di to £l, 30. < Money Orders (for places ’wlthlli jNew Zealand). —For sums not oyei; p£s the charge IS 3£; £lO, 6’d;] [£lfr, |fl; £’2d/ls; '£.25, IS'Sdi £3O, is sdjJ (E 35, Is 9d; £4O, 2s. „ - fc ' I TELEGRAPH. I £ Tariff Rates—lnland; Ordinary tele* from any station to any station, Tor 12 words or less, including gSdress and signature Bd, for every jLfiditlonal word id. £ Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or ■less, including address and signature 2d, for every additional word, Id.

i MAILS. I Mails close at the Taihape Post feffice as follows: —Daily (except Sundays):— a.m. —TJtiku, Wangan.nl, Mataroa, t Tnrangarere, HiMtaiti, Booth’s t Mill, Waiouru, Eangataua, Ohakune, Karioi. ■ a.m. —Ohutu, Taoroa. ■ a.m.—Main -Trunk South. ' HiQJpn.— Utiku, Ohingaiti, Maigaonofio, Hunterville, Taranaki (R.P.0.) ||2.15 p.m.—Mataroa, Tmnangarere, Hl- *> Mtahi, Qhakune, Ohaktme Uuno. \\ tion, Roroplto.

3.15 p.m.—Utiku, Mangaweka, Hunterville, Marton, Marton Junction, ‘ Feildlng, 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, Saturday—l2.ls p.m. Rural. Kaweka Road —Tuesday and Friday, 8.30 a.m. Ngawaka—Wednesday and Saturday, 8 a.m. Papakal Road—--Dally 4.30 p.m. Raukura —Daily 7 a.m. Taoroa Road —Daily 7 tt.m. Wainui (Raukura) —Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12.15 p.m. Winiata —Dally 7 a.m. Private Bags. P. Casey, J, G. Collins, E. Gilbert, F. Overton, Q. 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 paper*

The Inland maximum weight for bookg and printed papers is 4 lb. For pattern and sample packets— Up to 41h., 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, the postage is to be altered as under: Each copy not exceeding 2oz id. Above 2oz. ana not exceeding 4oz-. Id. „ 4oz. „ Boz. Id.* Every additional 4oz. or fraction thereof, id.

•An additional 4d. war-tax must be added In this case.

Up to 2oz id. Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. Id. „ 4oz. „ 6oz. lid. » 6oz, ft 8oz. 2d. w 8oz. If lOoz. 23fd. „ lOoz. ft 11b. 3d. lib. ff 21b. 4id » 21b ft 31b 6d. „ 31b. 9 f 41b. 7id.