POST AND TELEGRAPH

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 27 April 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH

INFORMATION.

BETTERS AND LETTER CARDS.

i. Inland, the Cook and certain other gputh Sea Islands, lid for "first 4ozs. pr fraction thereof; id for each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof. The RTnited Kingdom and British possessions, lid for each oz. or fraction thereof. rjj Postcards—lnland: Single Id, reply UJdL All other plaees: Single ljd, reply 2£d. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS.

All places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction

Magazines (registered) fJach copy not exceeding Boz. Id; fiGvery addifional Boz. ox fraction thereof Id.

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

Newspaper*—Town and inland, Id ■each.

: ,7* ■ REGISTRATION. • Registration insures proof of the -Jdrtiyery of mail-matter by placing it the hahd-to-hahd check of every frtttefr dealing with it. matter should be placed in storing covers. All'classes of matter may be registered'; but commer tcial papers, printed pipers, etc., must *e go packed as to admit of easy examination. Every person who registers a letJkes is entitled to a receipt for i;fc from the office at which it is registered. If a further receipt is desired Jrona. the addressee, this will be Obupon payment by of $n additional fee of 2£d at the time ©f registration or subsequently. fy. the event of the loss of an inland registered letter or a registered letter from any country with which fcfew Zealand has & reciprocal arrangepient as to indemnities the Postmaa-jer-General consents, under certain to be 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; 3s and ss, poundage Id; 10s, 15s, and 20s, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders. —British postal orders for fixed sums from 6d to [£l are issued for payment in the Unl-

-4 Kingdom and some of the British pcjs.sessions. The poundage is: t?p to 2s 6d, Id; to 15s, 2d; to £l, 8«. Money Orders (for peaces within New Zealand).—For sums not oy&r f£s the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d;' '£ls, 9d; £.20, 1b; £25, Is 3d; £3O. lg sdj J£3s, Is 9d; £4O, 2s. TELEGRAPH. ! Tariff Rates —Inland: Ordinary tele* ferains, from any station to any staItlon, "for 12 words or less, including address and signature Bd, for every additional word id. ' Urgent telegrams. —For 12 words or less, including address and signature 1? 2d, for every additional word, Id. I —: —""" HAILS. Office as follows: —Daily (except Sunflays):—

i> a.m.—-Utiku, Wanganjui, Ma;taraa, Turangarere, Hihitahi, Booth's Mill, "Waiouru, Rangataua, Ohakune, Karioi. 7 a.m.—Ohutu, Taoroa. 8 a.m.—-Main <Frunk SoutE. g^-tun.—TJtikii, Ohingaitl, Maigaono- »' ho, Hunterville, Taranaki (R.P.0.) :. i^.lSVp.m.— Mataroa, Tumngarere, Hf- • - filtafci, Qhakune, Qhakune Juao J tlon, Horoplto.

3.15 p.m.—Utiku, Mangawetoa, Huntervilla, Marton, Marten Junction, Feildlng. Pilmewton North, Wanganul 5 p.m.~Hataroi&, Rangat-aua, Ohakune. 7 p.m.—-Main Trunk North, Raejtihi. 9.45 p.m.—Auckland, Wellington. . Moawhango—Tuesday, Thursday, Suiy ttirday—l2.ls p\ia. Rural. Kaweka Road —Tuesday and Prl- : day, 8.30 a.m. Ngawaka—Wednesday and Saturday, 8 a.in. Papakai Road—Daily 4.30 p.m. RaUkura —Dafty 7 a.m. Taoroa Road—Dally 7 a.m. Walnui (Raukura)—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12.15 p.m. Winiata —Daily 7 a.m. Private Bags. P. Casey, J. G. eollins, 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. 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 toe as follows for books and printed papero Up to 2oz .., w

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-j printed papers were adopted on the 21st January, 1916; those for pattern and sample packets operate on the 18th February, 1916. REGISTERED MAGAZINE: POSTAGE FQR 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 be added In this case.

Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. id. ,. 4oz. » 6oz. ljd. » 6oz. tl 80Z. 2d. M 8oz. », lOoz. 2$d. i, lOoz. lib. 3d. „ lib. » 21b. 4Jd „ 21b 31b 63. „ Sib. 41b. 7ld.