POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 2 May 1917, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS.

' Inland, the Coojc and certain other South Sea Islands, lid fo/flrst 4ozs. or traction thereof; £d for eaoh additional 2oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom and British possessions, l|d for each oz. or fra'otion thereof,

Postcards—lnland: Single Id, repiy lid. All other places: Single l&d, reply 2£d. HOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS.

ill places:. Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof.

Magazines (registered) E>%ch copy not exceeding Boz. Id; Jfjvery additional Zoz. or fraction thereof id.

Parcels inland 3id first lb, lid each additional lb. Newspapers.—Town and inland, id •each. | . REGISTRATION. ' Registration insures proof of the ■delivery of mail-matter by placing it lamder the hand-to-hand check of every dealing with it. Registered matter should be placed in Strong covers. All classes of matter may be registered'; bujb commer «ial papers, printed papers, etc., must be so packed as to admit of easy examination.

Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for i£ from the office at which it is regifr terled. If a further receipt is desired torn the addressee, this will be obtained upon payment by the*sender 0 f an additional fee of 2Jd at the "time of registration or subsequently. tn the event of the loss of an inland registered letter or a registered letter from any country with which New Zealand has & 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 for nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows: —For notes •e£ Is, Is 6d, 2s and 2s 6d, poundage id; 3s and ss, poundage Id; 10s, ~lss, and 20s, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders.—British postal orders for fixed sums from 6d to f£l are issued for payment in the UhiM 'Kingdom and some of the British possessions. The poundage is: Up to 2s Gd, Id; to 15s, 2d; to £l, 3d.. Money Orders '(for places within New Zealand).—For sums not oyer T£s the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d;' '£iß, 9d; £.20, Is; £25, Is 3d; £3O, Is sd;' r £3s, Is 9d; £4O, 2s. i TELEGRAPH. Tariff Rates—lnland: Ordinary tele* rferams, from any station to any stafl&n, 'for 12 words or less, Including -jUfdress and signature Bd, for every additional word id. .- tJrgent telegrams. —For 12 words ot "leas, including address and signature 3L? 2d, for every additional word, Id. ( HAILS. • Mails : close at the Taihape Post Office a 3 follows:— Daily (except SunPays):— ! '■ #ra.m.— Utiku, Wanganui, Mataroa, Turangarere, Hihitahl, Booth's Mill, Waiouru, Rangataua, Qha- • Tmne, Kario!. ' Jf ia.m. —Ohutu, Taoroa. Jp a.m.—Main Tr*»: South. ' fAO a,m.—Utiku, Malgaono-/-/fcno, Hunterville, Taranaki (R.P.0.) : $Ja5 p.m. —Mataroa, Tunangarere, HI- • hitahii Ohakune, Ohakune 1 Juno* \ tion, Horoplto. " ; T- ,jr7!

3.15 p.m.—Utiku, Mangaweka, Hunterrille, Marton, Marton Junction, Feilding, Palmerston North, ganuL--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. 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. Winlata—Dally 7 a.m. Private Bags. P. Casey, J. G. Collins, B. Gilbert, F. Overton, G. 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 tbey formerly exceeded them.

The new Inland rate* 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 bookg and

printed papers Above 41b. and not exceeding 51b. 9d. The inland maximum weight for patfern 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: POSTAGE FOR AUSTRALIA AND FIJT. So that the postage on registered magazines for Australia and Fiji will not exceed the Postal Union rate, £he 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.

Up tO 20Z. .; .. Above 2oz. and not exceeding 4oz. id. ,, 4oz. , 6oz. l|d. ,» Soz. , • 8oz. 2d. w 8oz. , lOoz. 2§d. „ lOoz. , * lib. 3d. ,. Ub. 21b. 4*d » 21b 31b 6d. , ,, 31b. '41b. 7Jd.