POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 19 April 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. Inland, tie Cools and certain other South Sea Islands, lid 4os«. br fraction thereof; id for each additional 2 02. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom and British posieasions, lid for each oz. or fraction thereof. * Postdards —Inland: Single Id, reply l|d. All other places: Single lid, reply 2id. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof. Magazines (registered) jjjich copy not exceeding Boz. Id; additional Boz. or fraction thereof id. Parcels inland 3id 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 under the hand-to-hand check of every officer dealing with it Registered matter should be placed In strong covers. All classes of mat[ter may be registered'; bujb commer cial papers, printed papers, etc., must jbe so packed as to admit of easy examination. " Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for it from the office at which ft is reglsMed, ff a further receipt is desired from the addressee, this will he objpined upon payment by of additional fee of 2Jd at the time Of registration or subsequently. In the event a? the loss of an inland registered letter or a registered letter from any country with which New Zealand has a reciprocal arrangement as to indemnities the Postmas-ter-General consents, under certain conditions, to be liable to piay 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 3d; 3s and ss, poundage Id; 10s, 15s, and 20s, poundage 2d. J&Vifish Postal Orders. —British postal orders for fixed sums from 6d to £1 aiia issued for payment in the TJnl•d Kingdom and some of the British pdfesessipna. The poundage is: Tp to 2a 6d, Id; %o 15s, 2d; to £l, 3<t Money Orders (Tor places withlii NOW Zealand).—For sums nof oyer i£s the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d;‘ £ls, •Sd; £io, 1«; £25, Is 3d; £3O, is sdj’ r £3s. Is 9d; £4O. 2s. TELEGRAPH. Tariff Rates —Inland; Ordinary tele« grams, from any station to any at&ti'dfi, for 12 words or less, Including address and signature Bd, for every additional word 3d. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature 2d, for every additional word, Id. MAILS. t M'ails close at the Taihape Post ■Office as follows;—Daily (except Sunf 5 Am. —Utiku, Wanganui, Mataroa, Tupangarere, Hihitahi, Booth’s Mill, Waiouru, Rangataua, Ohakune, Kariol. 7 a.m. —Ohutu, Taoroa. f y a.m.—Main Trunk South. ' 9.40 a.m. Utiku, Ohiugaiti, Maigaonomo, Hunterville, Taranaki (R.P.0.) 12-15 p.m.—Mataroa, Tumngarere, Hihitahi, Ohakune, Ohakune Junction, Horopito.

3.15 p.m.—Utiku, Mangawekta, Hunterville, Marton, Marton Junction, Foilding, Palmeraton North, Wanganui. 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 Piia. Rural. Kaweka Roatf —Tuesday and Frl- : day, 8.30 a.m. Ngawaka—Wednesday and Saturday, 3 a.m. Papakai Road—Daily 4.30 p.m. Raukura —Daily 7 a.m, Taoroa Road—Daily 7 Bun. 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.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 paper* Up to 2oz , j di 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 |d 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: POSTAGE FOR AUSTRALIA AND FIJT. So that the postage on- registered magazines for Australia and Fiji will not exceed the Postal Union rate, the postage Is ,to be altered aa 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.

„ 4oz. ., 6oz. lid. m 6oz. •» 8oz. 2d. M 8oz. !• lOoz. 2Id. „ lOoz. lib. 3d. „ lib. „ 21b. 4*d » 21b ., 31b 6d. „ 31b. 41b. 7Jd.