POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 20 April 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

EMITTERS AND KETTER CARDS.

Inland, tlie Cook anti certain other South Sea Blands, lid format 4oas. or fraction thereof; id for each, additional 2-oz. or fraction thereof. The •United Kingdom and British possessions, lid for each oz. or fraction thereof. !

Single Id, reply All other places: Single l|d, reply 2 Jd. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. .

' Jui places: Id. per 2oz, or fraction thereof.

l&agazlnes (registered) copy not exceeding Boz. Id; SJfery additional Boz. or fraction thereof id.

Parcels inland 3id first lb, lid each additional lb.

Newspapers.—Town and inland, id * REGISTRATION, Registration insures proof of the deJlTerf of mail-matter by placing it the iuah(f-tD-hand check of every officer QsalSig with it. matter should be placed in strong covers. All classes of matter iriay he registered; but commer 'cial papers, printed papers, etc., must so packed as to admit of easy examination.

/ Every person who registers a let4ef is entitled to a receipt for it from the office at which it is reglsIf a further receipt is desired tHfKi the addressee, this will he obJpytned upon payment by of an additional fee of 2Jd 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 arrangement as to indemnities the Postmas-ter-General consents, under certain conditions, to he liable to pay a sum not exceeding '£2. POSTAL NOTES. New Zealand. —The notes lare 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, and 20s, poundage 2d, British Postal Orders. —British, postal for fixed sums from 6d to '£i are issued for payment in the tTnl■*d Kingdom and some of the British possessions. The poundage is: Wp to 2s Gd, Id; to 15s, 2d; to £l, 34» Money Orders (for places within New Zealand). —For sums not oyer H£s the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d;’ £IB, 9d; £2O. Is; £25, Is 3d; £3O, 1b sd; ‘£3s, Is 9d; £4O, 2s. TELEGRAPH, Tariff Hates —Inland; Ordinary tele* tgrams, from any station to any sta•ffefl, ’for 12 words or less, including -address and signature Bd, for every . additional word id. ’Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or -ISSS, including address and signature ■;3& 2d, for every additional word, Id. Sr

HAILS. c r L -, r ■ close at the Talhapc Post {Offices follows: —Daily (except Sungays™- £ ‘a.m.—Utiku, Wanganui, Matarea, Turangarere, HibltaM, Booth’s Mill, Waiouru, Ilangataua, Ohakune, Kariol. ? a.m.—Ohutu, Taorea.

s^a.nl. —Main Trunk South. am. —Utiku, Ohingaltl, Maigaono-

ho, Hunterville, Taranaki (R.P.0.) j. 12.15 p.m—Mataroa, Turangarere, Hlhitahi, Ohakune, Ohakune Junci tion, Horopito. ; '

3.15 p.m.—TJtiku, Mangawekla, Hunter- ! ville, Marton, Marton Junction, ! Feilding, Palmerston North, Wanganui

5 p.m.—Mataroa, Rangataua, Ohakune. 7 p.m.—Main Trunk North, Raetihi. 3.45 p.m.—Auckland, Wellington. Moawhango—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday—l3.ls p,m. Rural.

Kaweks, Road —Tuesday and Friday, 8.30 a.m. Ngawaka—Wednesday and Saturday, S a.m. Papakal Road —Dally 4.30 p.m. Raukura —Daily 7 a.m. Taoroa Road—Dally 7 a.m. Wainui (Raukura) —Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12.15 p.m. Winiata —Daily 7 a.m.

Private Bags. P. Casey, J. G. B. 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, Tho 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 paperg

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 an d 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 FIJI. So that the postage on registered magazines for Australia and Fiji will not exceed the Postal Union rate, fhe 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 b© added In thin case.

Up to 2oz. £rf Above 2oz. and sot exceeding 4oz. SU, Id. » 4oz. 6oz. lid. „ 6oz. M 8oz. 2d. » 8oz. „ lOoz. 2 |d. » IQoz. „ lib. 3d. .. Ub. 21b. 4id >f 21b 31b 6d. » 31b. 41b. 7|d.