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Temuka Leader, Issue 2419, 1 November 1892, Page 4

FOREIGN PARCEL POST. | Parcel Post Between New Zealand j and the United Kingdom, The following are the regulations under which parcels will be accepted and transmitted to the United Kingdom Parcels will only be forwarded by the steamers of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, and the Shaw-Savilie-Albion Company, Limited, A parcel for transmission must not exceed 111 b in weight, 3ft Gin. in length, or 6ft in length and girth combined. Parcels of the maximum size and weight will only be received at, or delivered from, New Zealand post offices at places accessible by railway, steamer, or mail coach. From places in New Zealand not served by railway, steamer, or mail-coach, (list at page 67 «f Postal Guide), only parcels not exceecing 51b in weight and not measuring more than 2ft. in length or Ift. in breadth or depth may be accepted. Parcels should be securely and substantially packed and closed by the sender. If wax is used, it should be of the special quality which resists the heat of a hot climate.

Parcels must not be posted in a postingbox, but should be presented at the postoffice counter. Parcels will be liable to the Customs laws, duties, and regulations, of the colony and the United Kingdom respectively. The sender of each parcel will be required to make a Customs declaration (on a form to be obtained at parcel post offices), describing the contents and stating the value thereof, and also giving the name of the place to which the parcel is addressed and the sender’s signature and residence. False declaration involves forfeiture of parcels and renders sender liable to prosecution. Where not repugnant to the foregoing rules the general regulations of the Inland Parcel Post will apply.

Parcels are received and forwarded at owner’s risk, and the Postmaster-General is not liable for any loss of or damage to any parcel. On payment of a fee of 4d, the sender can at time of posting receive a certificate of posting. The certificate imposes no liability on the department, and is merely intended as evidence of posting. Pbr a parcel not exceeding 21ta in weight, Is fid; for every additional pound or raction thereof, 9d extra. Postage must be fully prepaid by means of postage stamps afiixed to the parcels. In-sufficiently-prepaid parcels will not be accepted. Parcels for transmission to the United Kingdom must be posted or delivered at the parcel post office at the port where the steamer takes her final departure at least eight hours before the close of the ordinary letter-mail. The hour for closing parcel-post mail elsewhere will be duly notified by Postmasters. Each parcel should be plainly directed, andthe direction should give nameandfull address of person for whom the parcel is intended. The words Parcel Post ” should be written on the upper left-hand corner, and also the name and address of the sender. No parcel containing dangerous articles, perishable articles, articles likely to injure other parcels, liquids, unless securely packed in proper cases, or any contraband articles or substances will be accepted. Parcels found to contain forbidden articles, and parcels the contents of which have been falsely declared, will be dealt with in accordance with the Customs aud other laws and regulations. Tobacco cannot be sent to the United Kingdom by parcel post. A parcel must not contain a letter, neither must it contain another parcel addressed to a person other than the addressee of the last-named parcel. If such an enclosure be discovered it will be charged with a separate rate of postage

MEDICAL ELECTRICITY. BOOKS containing PROFESSOR MASON’S SYSTEM of TREATING DISEASES by ELECTRICITY can now be obtained at the Office of this Paper in Temuka. These Books contain the whole of Professor Mason’s system. They were printed under his direction, after he had corrected and revised them, and his lectures and all the information he gave to his classes will be found in them. Full Directions as to how to apply an Electric Battery to any kind of disease can be found in them, and the method is stated so plainly and simply that a child can understand it. PRICE: 5/- per Book. A TO OUR READERS. R W. THOMAS Has been appointed REPRESENTATIVE of the “GERALDINE GUARDIAN.” Mr W. Thomas is authorised to Canvass and Collect Money on behalf of the Proprietor, and HIS RECEIPT will be a sufficient discharge. LIST OP AGENTS op the “TEMUKA LEADER” and “GERALDINE GUARDIAN”:— Waitohi ... ... Mrs Gibbs Winchester... ... ... Opic & Sons II Orari Belfield Rangitata ... GERALDINE ... Hilton Pleasant Valley... Gapes’s Valley Woodbury Peel Forest... Statioumaster ... Stationmaster Mr Graham Stationmaster MR W. THOMAS ... ...Mr Bradley Mr Connor Mr Gapes Messrs Taylor k Flatnnm Mr R. Mackav

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