FOREIGN PARCEL POST.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 6240, 12 June 1890, Page 4

FOREIGN PARCEL POST.

PARCEL POST BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND & THE UNITED KINGDOM The following are the regulations under which parcels will be accepted and transmitted to the United Kingdom Parcels will only be forwarded by the steamers of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, and the Shaw-Saville-Albion Company, Limited. A parcel for transmission must not exceed 111 b in weight, 3ft 6in. in length, or 6ft. in length and girth combined. Parcels of the maximum size and weight will only be received at, or delivered from, New Zealand post offices at places accessible by railway, steamer or mail coach. Prom places in New Zealand not served by railway steamer or mail-coach (list at page 67 of Postal Guide) only parcels not exceeding Bib in weight and not measuring more than 2ft. in length or Ift. in breadth or depth may be accepted. Parcels should be securely and substantially packed and closed by the sender. If wax is used, it should be of the special quality which resists the heat of a hot climate. Parcels must not be posted in a postingbox, but should be presented at the poetoffice counter. Parcels will be liable to the Customs laws, duties, and regulations of the colony and the United Kingdom respectively. The sender of each parcel will be required to make a Customs declaration (on a form to be ob- ■ tained at parcel post offices), describing the contents and stating the value thereof, and also giving the name of the place to which the parcel is addressed and the sender’s signature and residence. False declaration involves forfeiture of parcels and renders sender liable to prosecution. Where not repugnant to the foregoing rules the general regulations of the Inland Parcel Post will apply. Parcels are received and) forwarded at owner’s risk, and the Postmaster-General is not liable for any loss of or damage to any parcel. On payment of a fee of 4d, the sender can at time of posting receive a certificate of posting. The certificate imposes no liability on the department, and is merely intended as evidence ofposting. For a parcel not exceeding 21b. in weight, Is 6d; for every additional pound or fraction thereof, 9d extra. Postage must be fnlly prepaid hy means of postage stamps affixed ,to the parcels. Insufficiently-prepaid parcels will not be accepted. Parcels for transmission to the United Kingdom must be posted or delivered at the parcel post office at the port where the steamer takes her final departure at least eight hours before the close of the ordinary , letter-mail. The hour for closing parcel-post mail elsewhere will be duly notified by Postmasters. . Each parcel should be plainly directed, 1 the direction should give name and full ad- . dress of the person for whom the parcel is intended. The words “ Parcel Post ” should be written on the upper left-hand corner, and • also the name and address of the sender. > No parcel containing dangerous articles, 1 perishable articles, articles likely to injure . other parcels, liquids, unless securely packed in proper cases, or any contraband articles or substances will be accepted. Parcels i found to contain forbidden articles, and 3 parcels the contents of which have been 1 falsely declared, will be dealt with in accordance with the Customs and other laws and regulations. Tobacco cannot be sent to the United Kingdom by parcel post, t A parcel must not contain a letter, neither must it contain another parcel addressed J to a person other than the addressee of the first-named parcel. If such an enclosure ’ 1 be discovered, it will be charged with a separate rate of postage-

STARTLING EVENT IN A VILLAGE. To the Editor of Saturday Rigid, Birmingham. I recently came into possession of certain facts of so remarkable a nature, that I am sure you will be glad to assist in making them public. The following letters were shown to me, and 1 at once begged permission to copy them for the Press. They come from a highly responsible source and may be received without question. MESSAGE ebom Qeobge James Qostling, L.D.8., R. 0.5.1., Ph.OJ., Licentiate in Pharmacy and Dental Surgeon. Stowmarket, July 18th, 1889. ToMbWhiib, The enclosed remarkable cure should, I think, be printed and circulated in Suffolk. The statement was entirely voluntary, and is genuine in fact and detail. G. J. G. “To,,the Proprietors of Mother Seigel’s Syrup- " Gentlemen,—The following remarkable cure was related to me by the husband Mary Ann Spink, of Einborough, Suffolk, was for oyer twenty years afflicted with rheumatism and neuralgia, and although comparatively a young woman at the time she was attacked (she is now fifty), she was compelled, in consequence, to walk with two sticks, and even then with difficulty and pain. About year and a halt ago she was advised to try Mother Seigel’s Syrup, and after taking three bottles and two boxes of Seigels’ Operating Pills, the use of her limbs were restored , and she is now able to walk three miles [to stowmarket with ease, frequently doing ‘the distance in three-quarters of an hour. Any sufferer who doubts this story can fully ascertain its truthfulness by paying a visit to;the village and enquiring of they villagers, who will certify to the facts. " Appended is the husband’s signature to the statement. (“ E. Spink.) “ G. J. Gostling, “ Ipswich Street, “ Stowmarket.”

This is certainly a very pitiable case, acd the happy cure wrought by this simple but powerful remedy, must move the sympathy of all hearts in a common pleasure. This poor woman had been a cripple for twenty of her best years ; years in which she should have had such comfort and enjoyment as life has to give. But, on the contrary, she was a miserable burden to herself and a source of care to her friends. Now, at an age when the rest of us are growing feeble, she, in a manner, renews her youth and almost begins a new existence. What a blessing and what a wonder it is! No one who knows her, or who re ' ■ her story, but will be thankful that the good Lord has enabled men to die* j cover a remedy capable of bringing about a j cure that reminds us—we speak it reverently —of the age of miracles. It should be explained that this most remarkable cure is due to the fact that rheumatism is a disease of the blood. Indigesbion, constipation, and dyspepsia cause the poison from the partially digested food to I enter the circulation, and the blood deposits it in the joints and muscles. This is rheumatism. Seigel’s Syrup corrects the digestion, ■ and so stops the further formation and deposit of the poison. It then removes from the system the poison already there. It is not a cure-all. It does its wonderful work c tirely by its mysterious action upon the digestive organs. Be'; when we remember that nine-tenths of our ailments arise in these organs, we can understand why Seigel’s Syrup cures so many diseases that appear to be so different in their nature. In other words rheumatism and neuralgia are but symptoms of indigestion, constipation, and