PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13929, 11 July 1917, Page 3

PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS.

POSTAL REGULATIONS, INFORMATION FOR SENDEES. Tho Postmaster-General advises that tho ratos of postage on parcels addressed to soldiers and nuises of British, New Zealand, Australian, or other colonial or allied troops on active service in England, Egypt, Flanders, Franco, and Mesopotamia or any other part of the world are as follows; Not exceeding 31b Is. Not exceeding 71b 2s. The maximum weight is 71b, Tlieso rates also apply to parcels addressed to New Zealand sailors 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 FORGES. 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 <loz Id, every additional 2oz or fraction thereof 4d), though cotnaining articles of a saleable value. On no account may tho weight of lib be exceeded. Anything heavier must be sent as a parcel. Correspondence, etc., for members of Expeditionary Forces is exempt from war tax.