LOWER RATES

Grey River Argus, 12 June 1935, Page 3

LOWER RATES

SOME REDUCTIONS. The Postal Department has decided to remove a number of restrictions which at present apply to the posting of matter at the rate. The following changes, which are to take effect immediately, offer considerable advantages from the business man’s point of view. (1) Endorsements subjecting accounts to letter rates of postage (Guide page 13, Regulation 5) (b): —the Provision in respect of accounts that the addition of anything in the nature of a request for payment shall subject the account to letter rates of postage is cancelled. In future, additions as under may he made to accounts posted at the M rate: (a) Remarks added by hand comprising not more than five words or initials, so long as they relate solely to the subject matter, (b) Remarks which refer directly to the subject matter of the form, affixed by means of a stamp impression or

“sticker,” to which details may be added by hand It follows that printed requests for payment which are enclosed loose with accounts are also permitted. (2) Commercial papers in the nature of accounts: Tho_ definition of “Commercial papers” (Guide page 13, Regulation 3 is extended to cover printed forms in the nature of accounts, etc., which at present are required to pay letter rates of postage. Examples are a Final Notice issued by a local body to notify the proposed imposition of a penalty on unpaid

rates, and a notice issued by an insurance company regarding an overdue premium. The intention is that the amended definition shall cover commercial papers of all kinds, and that objection shall not be taken to the addition, in a space reserved for the purpose, of the sum owing, the date on which a premium is due, and simp’e additions of the kind. (3) Circulars (Guide page 17, Regulation 12 (h): In future, no objection

jis to be taken to the insertion in eirleulars of the salutation “Dear Mr. I Smith”—or as the case may be—or of motor-ear numbers, or simple additions of the kind (which necessarily vary with each person addressed), which, are incorporated in the circular in a space reserved for the purpose. It is still required that circulars produced by any mechanical process other than printing be presented at the post office at least twenty copies at a time.