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CHRISTMAS MAIL MATTER,
Official. Preparations for Busy
Season,
It is .bxpeotcd that an enormous amount
of, .Ghvistmhs nuiil : matter will lie posted
during tho 'forthcoming- Christmas season,
.and a.;enmpaigii has. been inaugurated with
a view to inducing tlio public to spread
the 'postings over the ten dnys immedc
atoly preceding Cliristmas day, instead oi
leuving it nhtil.,thc Inst two or three duys.
; Articles For Great Britain,
Xmas Presents May Be Delayed.
Owing To curious custonis regulations in
Grcnt l)i'ituin lhriny Cliristmas presents
froni ..Australia1 will prohnhly be seized on
.arrivhl.j- 'JTio Deputy . Director of Postal
OCl VICCa," lMl , u, " O, >V UoicJlu » cii| n.n»» j->-
t'crdny llint -iit the postal convention in
tooUliblm" on 'ngrcen'ient wits made where-
'by" paoketsebntnining articles' liable to
ouStomSvdnty .inight'ihp-fotwnided.uy lo-
Tor .pipisl': between Australia and certain
other.' countries on condition mat tmt
pa'clcbls bbrd ' 'on the address sole
)'the'. --('.prescribed -'''label. - 'On Gib
; provision . -.was niado for a
1 tion" of. : the contents or the
its value aiul weight, , and an intimation
.t.iint" the eiistoins authorities m the coun-
ti'v- of destination might officially ope
tho hpackbt. This 'system, liowever, W
not applicable to imckcts sent from m
Coinnionwcalth to Great Britain, .aim
,hnd occurred tvhero dnlmblc «r.tlc'e' Jf .
to tho' United Kingdom by ore nmry P
had been seized by the British custom
authorities.'
Pei'sons posting articles to addrcsw
.resident' in Gi-eat Britain or IJoi thcrn
Iniui siiould benr in nuiid tlmt 'ji0, Par'V
post should lie used for all
jcet to British cusloms duty, lbcu ,W"
mission by letter, newspaper or book po-i.
or. by sample post, with the e.veeptiou oi
certain' bona iido:trnde smnplcs
hibitcd by law. . All letter liiickets, iibws
pnpors,. printed papers, book and M P
packets sarspbeted to .contain «Iulmbies
were opaied on arrival m Creut '
and riii,v goods linblo for aIlj
were seizeil by the ofiiccrs of ''uToiiis
excise, and lost lo holli sfm'c1' , a
dressee. rn teiuU'i'iug loi' tiuiisniissioii
parcel addressed to any l'luce lwyoi O . W«
Commonwealth the sender must .
declaration, on a form pi'oviile'l u , ,
purpose and obtainable irce'of ehnrgo « .
any parcois post olijce. i'ontiUiiui„ an
euralo statement of the coidM' „
puvccl dud the value Ihergol. the a
and the sender's signature «"<( ."J '
which declaration must ')0 pflixcd t,j
liurccl to which it relates. Senile '- k loam
bo careful lo write the ''eelniatio
clear ami precise manner, ami to i
full details and the uxuet value of the co
tents of the parrel. I he inakiiiB fj
tiio declaration in the- proper
the interests of the senders t jenw . .
cause it facilitated. eiistoins ' V „'f "the
saved appreeiable delay in drloer.
parcels. ____________
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