The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-26
Postoffice viii Do All In Its Pow
er To Insure Timely
Delivery ,~
PARCEL POST SERVICE =.
TO HANDLE PACKAGES
Last European Mail, Dec. 8;
Eastern States, Dec. 10; Pa
cific Coast, Dec. IS

Honolulans with mail for the Christ
mas holidays have until the fifteenth
Of December and no longer to get their
letters and packages ready for San
Francisco Those with holiday gifts
for Great Britain and the continent
have until the tenth Of December to
get ready. ,A.%l
The postofiice authorities are doing
all in their power to assist in the prop
er despatch of the Christmas mail for
the mainland and Eu: ope and have in
strncted all carriers TO assist their pa
irons in every way in giving informa,
ton and assistance in the proper des.
patching Of the mails, especially by
porcel post. '.''
The postal authorities want to have
the public especially informed as TO
the advantages in shipping by parcel
post and have made special efforts to
have speedy handling Of the tremen
dous quantity to leave here If the pub.
lie will cooperate with them. For this
reason the carriers have been fully in
structed, in their parts and are ready
and willing to help in getting the
Christmas mails off IN time to be de
livered at their destination for Christ
mas.
Sailing Of Christmas Ships
To get mail delivered in. Great Bri.
tain and Europe by Christmas the Chiyo
Maru, leaving November 80; the Viii
helmina, leaving December /, and the
Ventura, sailing December 3, will be
the last boats for the parcel post. 81.
For the eastern and middle states
the Manoa sailing on December T, and
the Makura, leaving on the tenth, will
be in time.
For the Pacific Coast the Matsonia,
leaving here on the fifteenth of Decem
Der, will be the last boat that will car
ry Christmas mail that will be at its
destination before Christmas day.
The pOstofiice is anxious to have all
mail sent abroad gotten in early. Par
GELS for the United States are limited
to twenty pounds in weight, while par.
GELS for Great Britain and the Contin
emit must not weigh more than eleven
pounds. The following rules laid down
by the postofiice department will, If oh
served, greatly aid all concerned In
the quick despatch of mail:
Prepay postage fully; address parcels
fully and plainly; place name and ad.
dress of sender on all matter, and the
word "From" before the sender =
name; pack carefully; wrap securely,
but do not seal your package, as it will
then take letter rate; insure valuable
parcels.
Rate By Parcel Post '..'
The rate by parcel post for packages
weighing up to four ounces, is one cent
an ounce; more than four ounces, twelve
cents pound. If your package weighs
five ounces it will cost twelve cents,
for postage. If it weighs fifteen ounces
it will cost twelve cents, also. A two.
pound package will cost twenty four
cents for postage and a three hound
package, thirty-six cents. A two-and ::
a half-pound package also will cost thir.
ty six cents.
Insurance on valuable packages is
advised and parcels may be insured,
valued at from one dollar to one hun
dred dollars, Mt fee of from three
cents for q value of five dollars or I'M
der, to twenty five cents for q package
valued at one hundred dollars. Insur.
rance blanks have been put in the
hands of your carrier and II you want
one ask the postman.
Another feature of the parcel post to
he remembered Is the special delivery
fee Of ten cents on a package, This
fee insures the almost Immediate deliv
cry OF a package as soon as received
at the office at place of destination.
Instructions Specially Allowed
In case patrons of the pOstofIice wish
to despatch their mail in time to assure
delivery before Christmas, the de
partment will permit the parcel to bear
the words, mot TO be opened before
Christmas or similar inscription.
This, together with early shipments, in
sures the timeliness OF Christmas gifts,
whereas the practise of mailing the
packages late in the hope that they
will reach their destination on Christ
mas day is likely to defeat its own
object, through unavoidable delay due
to congestion or bad weather.
The following rules must be observed
by patrons of the postOffice if they
want their packages to be received:
Umbrellas, canes, golf sticks and ar
tlcles of like character will not be ac
eepted for mailing unless they are strap
ped securely to strips of wood of the
same length and otherwise are wrapped
and made sufficiently strong to with,
stand the impact from heavier packages
If into our homes today should come
our great, great, great grandfathers to
SIT down and eat with us, what a day
it would be! How we would realize
that our lives are bnt a handbreadth,
that our real home is God.
Or better still, since Thanksgiving
ia A
typical national holiday, suppose that
seven of the men most prominent in
the founding of our country should
wake from their long sleep and come
to us today. They would tell us of
the struggles and ideals Of the birth
of our land, They would look over our
civilization to see how we'll we were
carrying out those purposes for which
our country WAS established