MEDICINES BY MAIL
EXTRA POSTAGE CHARGE PAYABLE BY ADRESSEE (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. A i'ee of 3d, in addition to the ordinary postage, will be payable by the addressee for the delivery of each package containing pharmaceutical requirements transmitted by post by contractors under the social security (pharmaceutical supplies) regulations, 1941, when the prepayment of postage by the contractor is impossible or impracticable. This is provided for by the postal amending regulations gazetted last night, which also provide for the adequate wrapping of such packages. If this is not done, the sender shall be liable to make good the damage to other articles in the mails caused by breakage or leakage from the receptacle.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20635, 15 August 1941, Page 8
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116MEDICINES BY MAIL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20635, 15 August 1941, Page 8
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