PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13933, 16 July 1917, Page 3

PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS.

, POSTAL REGULATIONS. INFORMATION FOR SENDERS; The Postmaster-General advises tnat the rates of postage 'on- parcels addressed to Boldicrs and' nuises- of British, New Zealand, Australian, or other colonial or allied troops on active servico in England, Egypt, Flanders, France, 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. 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, 1 PACKETS FOR MEMBERS OF N.Z. ' EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, I Packets-weighing not more than lib, addressed to members Of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces on active service abroad, are accepted at tho rate, of postage for samples (not exceeding 'ioz Id, every additional 2oz or fraction thereof Jjd), though cotnaining articles of a saleable value. Oil no account, may the weight; of lib be exceeded. Anything heavier must bo gent as a parcel, Correspondence, etc,, for members of Expeditionary Forces is exempt from war tax.