PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 10 September 1917, Page 3

PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS.

POSTAL REGULATIONS, INFORMATION FOR SENDERS, The Postmaster-General advises tun* the rates of postage on parcels addressed to soldiers and nuises'of Brit ish, New 7ealand, Australian, or othei colonial or allied troops on active service in England, Egypt, Flanders France, and Mesopotamia or any other part of the world are as follows: Not exceeding 31b Is, No f , exceeding 71b 2s. The maximum weight is 71b. These rates also apply to parcels ad Iressed to New Zealand sailors onboarr] 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 Zea-' land Expeditionary Forces on active service abroad, are accepted at the rate of postage for samples (not exceeding 4oz Id, every additional 2oz or fraction thereof jd), though cotnaining articles of a saleable \alue, On ho account may the 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,