PARCELS POST TO THE CAPE. WELLINGTON, February 12.
A parcel post exchange between New Zealand and Cape Colony has been successfully negotiated, and parcels mails are now being made up for and from this colony. The postage is Is per lb for Cape Colony, and Is 3d for Natal. Parcels addressed to the Orange Free State or the Transvaal will be accepted, but at the sender's risk only. Their pi'esentation for transmission being considered to imply that the senders wish ,the parcels forwarded to Capetown pending the reopening of communication. It is understood that the Cape Colony and the ■Natal Governments have consented to waive the customs duty on parcels addressed to troops now operating there.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2398, 15 February 1900, Page 38
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116PARCELS POST TO THE CAPE. WELLINGTON, February 12. Otago Witness, Issue 2398, 15 February 1900, Page 38
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