POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 30 April 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. ' Inland, the Cook and certain other* South Sea Islands, lid for'flrst 4ozs. br fraction thereof; id for each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom and British possessions, lid for each oz. or fraction thereof. " ' r>:^js Postcards—lnland: Single Id, replylid. All other places: Single lid, .reply 2id. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction -thereof. Magazines (registered) Each copy not exceeding Boz. Id; Every additional Boz. 6t fraction thereof id. Parcels inland 3id first lb, lid each additional lb. Newspapers.—Town and inland, id each. i ' '■[ r^ff.!

\ s REGISTRATION. ~..,, Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing it uader the hand-to-hand check of every dealing with it. Registered matter should be placed In stro'ng covers. All classes of matter may be registered; but commer cial papers, printed papers, etc., must ibe so packed as to admit of easy examination.

Every person who registers- a letter is entitled to a receipt for i,t from the office at which it is regi> ter.ed. If a further receipt is desired from the addressee, this will be obftained upon payment by of an additional fee of 21d 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 be liable to pay a sum not exceeding "£2. POSTAL NOTES. New Zealand. —The notes are issued {or 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,djre issued for payment in the Unl--d Kingdom and some of the British pc&sessipns. The poundage is: "Bp to 2s 6d, Id; to 15s, 2d; to £i, 3d. Money Orders (for places within New Zealand).—For sums not oxer ■£s the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; "£ls, 9d; £2O, Is; £25, Is 3d; £3O, la sdj £35, Is 9d; £4O, 2s. TELEGRAPH. Tariff Rates —Inland: Ordinary telegrams, from any station to any station, ? 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.

MAILS. Mails- close at the Taihape Pogt Office as follows: —Daily (except Sundays):— 5 a.m.—TJtiku, Wanganul, Mataroa, Hihitahi, Booth's Mill, 'Waiouru, Rangataua, Ohakune, Karioi. 7 a.m.—Ohutu, Taoroa". g a.m. —Main Trunk South. 9.40 a.m. —Utiku, Ohingaitl, Maigaono*TC ho, Hunterville, Taranakl (R.P.0.) 3L2.15 p.m.—Mataroa, Turlngarere, HI. • hitahi, Ohakune, Ohakune 3un€« i tion, Horopito. ' "~^f'

3.15 p.m.—TJtiku, Mangaweka, Hunterville. Marton, Marton Junction, Feilding, Pilmerston North, ganul--5 p.m.—Mataroa, Rangataua, Ohakune. 7 p.m.—Main Trunk North, Rae.tihi. 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. Papakai Road—Daily 4.30 p.m. Raukura—Daily 7 a.m. Taoroa Road—Daily 7 a.m. Wainui (Raukura)— Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12.15 p.m. Winitata—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 rate s in all cases where they formerly exceeded them.

The new inland rates are as follows for books and printed papers

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, 1918; 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. and not exceeding 4oz. Id. „ 4oz. „ Boz. Id.* Every additional 4oz. or fraction thereof, 2d. •An additional id. war-tax must be added in this case.

Up to 2oz Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. Id. ,i 4oz. » 6oz. lid. .» 6oz. >i 8bz. 2d. M 8oz. t, lOoz. 21d. „ lOoz. .» lib. 3d. ., lib. N 21b. 4Jd „ 21b >t 31b 6d. „ 31b. 41b. 71d.