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DAILY LETTER-TELEGRAM SERVICE. Austria. A daily letter-telegram service has been made available from the Ist March, 1929, between New Zealand and Austria, via Eastern, London, and Marconi, at the rate of 9d. per word, with a minimum of 15s. Germany. A daily letter-telegram service between New Zealand and Germany was introduced on the Ist April, 1928. The rate is 9d. per word, with a minimum charge of 15s. Luxemburg. A daily letter-telegram service was inaugurated between New Zealand and Luxemburg on the Ist September, 1928. The rate is 9d. per word, with a minimum charge of 15s. for twenty words. Morocco. A daily letter-telegram service was made available from the 6th March, 1929, between New Zealand and Tangier, Morocco (via Eastern), at the following rate : 9d. per word, with a minimum of 15s. for twenty words. WEEK-END LETTER-TELEGRAM SERVICE. Holland. Week-end letter-telegrams for Holland are now accepted for transmission by ordinary cable to the Dutch Indies and thence by radio to Holland. Such messages require to be specially inscribed by the senders " via Eastern Java radio." The service was inaugurated on the 25th May, 1928. Germany. A week-end letter-telegram service is now in operation between New Zealand and Germany. The rate is per word, with a minimum charge of 12s. 6d. France, Algeria, and Tunis. A week-end letter-telegram service has been established between New Zealand and France, Algeria, and Tunis. The rates are as follow : (a) To France, Bd. per word, with a minimum charge of 13s. 4d. ; (b) to Algeria and Tunis, 9d. per word, with a minimum charge of 15s. DAILY LETTER-TELEGRAM AND WEEK-END TELEGRAM SERVICE. Sweden. From the Ist October, 1928, a daily letter-telegram and week-end telegram service was instituted between New Zealand and Sweden. The rates are 9d. and 7§d. per word respectively, with a minimum charge for letter-telegrams of 15s. and for week-end telegrams of 12s. 6d. Denmark. A daily letter-telegram and week-end telegram service was inaugurated between New Zealand and Denmark from the Ist December, 1928. The rate for daily letter-telegrams is 9d. per word, with a minimum of 155., and for week-end letter-telegrams 7Jd. per word, with a minimum of 12s. 6d. DAILY LETTER-TELEGRAMS AND WEEK-END TELEGRAMS FOR CONTINENT OF EUROPE : POSTING FROM LONDON. Daily letter-telegrams and week-end telegrams for places on the Continent of Europe not admitting such services are now accepted for transmission to London by telegraph and thence to destination by ordinary post. The alteration took effect from the Ist May, 1928. In addition to the ordinary charges, such messages are subject to 1 a postage fee of 4d., and they must contain in the address the words " post London," which are charged at the ordinary rate. CABLE RATES. New Zealand - Union of South Africa, etc. The ordinary cable rates between New Zealand and the Union of South Africa, South-west Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and British Central Africa (Nyassaland), were reduced from the Ist June, 1928, by 7d. per word for ordinary traffic, 3fd. per word for deferred traffic, and 4§d, per word for British Government messages. From the same date the daily letter-telegram rate was reduced by Is. Bd. for twenty words or less, and by Id. per word on additional words.