PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13927, 9 July 1917, Page 8

PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS.

I POSTAL REGULATIONS. INFORMATION FOR SENDERS. The Postmaster-General advices that the rates of postage on' precis addressed to soldiers and nuises of British, New Zealand, Australian, or other colonial 6r allied troops on active scr. vice in England, Egypt Flanders, I'ranee, and Mesopotamia or,any other part of the world are as follows: . Not exceeding 31b ...... ] 3 , Not exceeding 7ll> 2s.' ' Tho maximum weight is 71b. These rates also apply to parcels addressed to New Zealand eaiks on board any warship manned by a New Zealand crew. . . . The maximum weight for parcels to soldiers is 71b. PACKETS FOR* MEMBERS OF N,Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. Packets weighing not more than lib,' addressed to members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces on active service abroad, are accepted at the rate, of postage for samples (not exceeding' 'ton Id, every additional im or.fraction I thereof U), thpugli cotnaiiling articles ' of a saleable value, On no account may the weight of ])b be exceeded.'! Anything heavier must be sent as a j parcel. ' Correspondence,' etc., for members of . Expeditionary'.Forces is;exempt from ■'■