PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13932, 14 July 1917, Page 3

PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS.

POSTAL REGULATIONS. * INFORMATION FOR SENDEES, The Postmaster-Uoiißral advises tnat the rates 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, rraiico, and Mesopotamia or any other part of the world are as follows: "'' Not exceeding 31b .. .. i 3i ; N'o't exceeding 7lh . 2s. The maximum weight is 71b, These 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 OP N.Z, . expeditionary FORCES.

Packets weighing 1 not inorc than lib, addressed to mombers of tho New Zealand Expeditionary Forces on active service abroad, are accepted at tho rato of postage for samples (not exceeding <loz Id, every additional 2oss or fraction thereof id), though cotnaining articles of. a saleable value. On no account, may tho weight of lib be exceeded. Anything heavier must be sent as parcel.

Correspondence, etc., for members of Expeditionary Forces is exempt from war tax.