| 单词 | parcel post |
| 例句 | Postal Department established parcel post and more than a decade before the Railway Express Agency. What can Brown do for you? Maybe strike this summer 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Forget the internet and delivery drivers, Pryce Jones used the superhighway of the day - the railway and parcel post. Christmas: The mail order pioneer who started a billion-pound industry 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The surge in parcel post meant revenues beat expectations for the period. Royal Mail set for major loss despite parcels surge 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Not to be outdone by fiendishly modern methods, though, the Masters officials sent an old-style parcel post weeks later. The Masters through the eyes of a 16-year-old from India 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z On this date in 1924, the first parcel post package was sent by airmail from Tucson to New York. Today in Arizona History 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z They pressured Congress to institute parcel post, no matter that the prices charged for big packages wouldn’t be anywhere near commensurate with actual costs. When the U.S. Postal Service Also Delivered Babies 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z The catalog business was helped along by a technological innovation — parcel post, which arrived in 1913. What Was the Greatest Era for American Innovation? A Brief Guided Tour 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Charles L. Wesley Sr., 100, a parcel post supervisor with the U.S. Washington-area obituaries of note 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z They recommend you send your parcel post today if you want it to arrive by Christmas. Latest News: Australia Hostages, Government Spending Bill, Dick Cheney 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z “The obvious area to grow, because people are doing more Internet shopping, is the parcel post,” says Rick Geddes, a Cornell University public policy professor who studies the post office. How Amazon Could Save the Post Office's Holidays 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z In the world of parcel post - as in other areas of human activity - size is critical. The complex maths of parcel posting 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z But only in Alaska do packages weighing at least 1,000 pounds — 930 pounds above the heaviest parcel post box allowed in the Lower 48 states — count as a universal service. U.S. Postal Service losing tens of millions annually subsidizing shipments to Alaska The line was completed in time for the 1927 Christmas parcel post and "it became the world's only electric underground railway dedicated to moving mail," says Mr Taft. What is it like on the 'secret' Tube? 2014-01-28T02:02:53Z This, needless to say, is not true: buoyed by booming use of parcel post, the organisation recently announced that its annual profits had doubled, to £403m. The Royal Mail sell-off plan is daylight robbery of our postal service 2013-07-10T08:28:36Z The elder children wondered how they could have bought their Christmas presents if there were no parcel post. A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z The majority of the long-distance shipments go by parcel post, however. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z If I get tangled up with a lost channel anywhere, I’ll send it to you by parcel post. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z How is the parcel post favorable to the mail order dealer? b. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Parcel Post Service.—In many countries the post office department also performs, through the parcel post service, what amounts to an express business. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z You may send it by parcel post if you like. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z It was first chronicled in the American Philatelist for 10th May, 1888, as having been issued in connection with the parcel post system just then inaugurated with the United States. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z I did my best to explain that it would be cheaper and safer if she sent them by express or parcel post—but no! Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Why did the country merchant object so strenuously to the passage of the parcel post law? Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Cut flowers are sent out in large quantities, neatly and effectively packed, the parcel post being mainly employed as a means of distribution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z A glance at parcel post rates proves the validity of this surmise, for parcel post rates are lower than express rates for shorter distances and higher for longer distances. The Express Companies of the United States A Study of a Public Utility 2011-08-11T02:00:14.563Z But Nathalie’s day of surprises was to bear more fruit, for about five o’clock the postman delivered a package by parcel post, a big box that had a very mysterious look about it. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z I really would be afraid to express my thoughts at that kind of a meeting for fear they’d request the parcel post. Treading the Narrow Way 2011-07-21T02:00:18.563Z The parcel post tends to increase the business of the mail order firms. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z So he took them away, to despatch by parcel post, and I hope the young woman was pleased with her present—rather a curious one to receive from the scene of war. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z But with the establishment of the parcel post in 1913 the character of the express business underwent a radical change. The Express Companies of the United States A Study of a Public Utility 2011-08-11T02:00:14.563Z The reduction in the parcel post rates which took place in 1897 has had a very marked effect upon the parcel post traffic, and the increase, particularly in the heavy weights, has been very great. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone An international parcel post service had been established in 1880 in connection with the Universal Postal Union, and this fact had strengthened public opinion in favour of a parcel post service in this country. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study The parcel post will decrease the profits of the express companies. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Then, too, packages have been sent by parcel post so badly wrapped and packed that when received at the local post office the authorities have complained to the camp Director. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps Since her arrival in the city, Sally temporarily had forsworn her war and Camp Fire abstinence and was at this moment engaged in eating chocolates which had just arrived by parcel post from Merton Anderson. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines People often avail themselves of the parcel post for obtaining a regular weekly supply of produce. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone The first proposal was for an agreement in perpetuity, and the draft agreement gave the companies what was called a "partnership interest" in the parcel post business. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study The parcel post is a great help to the farmer. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The telephone, the automobile and the parcel post all bring the farmer nearer town. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women They are shipped by parcel post and can be sent anywhere within a radius of one thousand miles if the trip does not require more than 36 hours. Ducks and Geese One may send “harmless live animals” by parcel post, with the chances eight to five that the animal will be reduced to pulp or die of old age. The So-called Human Race Several causes operated to prevent the early establishment in the United States of a parcel post system. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study The rural free delivery and the parcel post bring the daily mail to the farmer's door. Rural Life and the Rural School We have the beginnings of a parcel post, but we need a more highly developed one that will come nearer to the standards maintained in other countries. Social Justice Without Socialism They can be shipped long distances either by express or by parcel post. Ducks and Geese Steps had also been taken to stop exports on a small scale from Germany and Austria-Hungary by parcel post. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War The establishment of a parcel post system, therefore, would involve a reconsideration of the fundamental principles on which the rates of postage were in general based. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study We explained to her how we got our fruit by parcel post, and Danyul said he would order his winter supply of apples at once. Letters on an Elk Hunt Must wrap, tie securely and neatly, and label a parcel for delivery by express or parcel post. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Book and parcel post volumes should have three or four thicknesses of paper, and if bound volumes a strawboard on either side as well as paper. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books If, Charles, you hear a rumour that my battalion has been sent across Germany to join the Russians on the other side by parcel post, don't be too ready to dismiss it as an absurdity. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 For forty years there was a demand, becoming more general and insistent, for the establishment of such a general parcel post. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study A family, for example, in London find it to their advantage to have a roast of beef sent to them by parcel post twice a week from a town in Fife. A Hundred Years by Post A Jubilee Retrospect They were sent to her by parcel post C.O.D. by one of these firms. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession Haply I have a bottle of this sovereign concoction by me, Great-Aunt Paulina having sent it by parcel post no longer ago than last week. Fibble, D.D. "Well, I heard they are sending off a particularly valuable collection of stones by registered parcel post to-morrow," he answered. The Motor Pirate With the establishment of rural mail delivery there arose a new demand for a parcel post. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study We have returned it as requested, by parcel post. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893 “If they have I wish they’d send them by parcel post instead of asking us to take charge of them.” The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar The trees have been distributed largely by parcel post, in amounts from three to three hundred. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914 We had seen from the papers that he had, in fact, been referring to his own firm when he had described to us the advantages of the parcel post as a means of transmitting valuables. The Motor Pirate Any administration which did not at that time conduct a parcel post service was authorized to arrange for the international service to be undertaken on its behalf by railway and steamship companies. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Aim to have those on hand for which you will have the most frequent use, the exceptions can be quickly had by parcel post. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration I say by rural parcel post because he would probably arrive there quicker than if he were sent like a mere letter. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak Later the parcel post system was extended so that it embraced the sister Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the rate remaining at 25c per lb. The Stamps of Canada There's a package there for me, parcel post. Mary Rose of Mifflin The newspaper traffic, the parcel post, and the Imperial Telegraph Service are carried on at heavy loss. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study After promising to come down and see them during the following week, Jed Wallop drove off, leaving the boys to return to the Lodge and look over their letters and parcel post packages. The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods True, they would have to be sold to them at wholesale prices, but they want small sizes, parcel post sizes preferred, which can be produced the second year from seed. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 These will be useful in prepayment of parcel post.” The Stamps of Canada "Do!" begged Miss Carter, who wished from the very bottom of her heart that she had never asked Mary Rose to bring up her parcel post package. Mary Rose of Mifflin When, therefore, proposals were made for the establishment of an international parcel post service, France was without an internal service of the kind. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Walter is parcel post clerk here at de post office downtown. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Alice exclaimed, for she had written to her dressmaker to send one by parcel post. The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm Out of this incident arose a systematic amusement, which, in advance of our age, we called "the parcel post." A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son If she hadn't asked Mary Rose to bring up the parcel post package Jenny Lind might never have disappeared. Mary Rose of Mifflin Consequently the parcel post traffic increased, but it was found that the expenses of the service were not covered by the revenue derived from the parcels. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study He arrived last week by parcel post to join our circus. The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays I see, however, that it cost twelve-and-sixpence, while the cost of carriage by parcel post was sixpence, which shows it weighed something under four pounds. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont Of course nothing would have been easier than to send it by his man, or, for that matter, by the parcel post. Enter Bridget The average rate abroad by letter post or parcel post varies so much that sufficient should be remitted, and balance, if any, will be credited or returned. Stamp Collecting as a Pastime In those countries where a parcel post is in operation, the Post Office does not rank as a transportation agency comparable with those of the commercial world. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study About the newspaper post, the book post, and the parcel post, not much need be said. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886. Books will be sent by parcel post when requested. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 The very next morning no breakfast arrived by private parcel post. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope Under 11 lbs., can be sent by parcel post for 31/-. Stamp Collecting as a Pastime The conditions under which postal business is conducted render it impossible to earmark the expenses properly chargeable to the parcel post, since expenses are for the most part incurred jointly. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Can you mail parcel post packages to the—Flying Dutchman? The Gay Cockade Books will be sent by parcel post when requested. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 It is estimated that, without counting the book or parcel post, every week there are three tons of this literature discharged on the quays of Dublin alone. The Young Priest's Keepsake E.—Strongly bound in half morocco, gilt ornaments and lettering; packed in a box, 25/-, or 25/9 by parcel post. Stamp Collecting as a Pastime Theoretical estimates of the cost of the parcel post must, therefore, be accepted with reserve. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Last September I began with one customer; today—this was written the end of March—I have nearly 500 customers to whom I am supplying farm products by parcel post. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers He also furnishes blanks and stationery to post-offices throughout the United States, and supervises the making of the various post-route maps, such as those used for rural delivery and for the parcel post. Elements of Civil Government Mr. Walliker, our philanthropic postmaster, is one of the vice-presidents, and the arrangements of the parcel post are peculiarly suited for forwarding parcels. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically The national government should purchase and operate the express systems in connection with the parcel post. Elements of Debating But a proved moderate loss on the parcel post would not be conclusive against the propriety of its maintenance. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study She sends bunches of the mint neatly prepared to various hotels and cafés several times a week by parcel post, but it is in the over-supply that she works out best her original ideas. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers She could send her candy away by parcel post or by some other means, but she would not be so far ahead as she is now. Every Step in Canning It seems a promising idea for an actual gun, or an electric despatch and parcel post, or even a railway. A Trip to Venus He enclosed a check to redeem the overcoat and pay the cost of forwarding it to him by parcel post, insured. Kindred of the Dust With the growth of commerce and the establishment of the travelling post and parcel post, the service became more and more successful financially. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Each chicken is wrapped in one sheet of this waxed paper, and is then packed in a corrugated paper box made especially for sending chickens by parcel post. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Strong corrugated parcel post boxes can be obtained for this purpose. Every Step in Canning Within a few years she covered one wall of the dairy with prize cards won at all the leading shows, and found a ready market for the produce, chiefly by parcel post to friends. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor This unexpected order resulted in the making of another poster giving the information that fresh kitchen herbs might be had on order and would be delivered by parcel post to any address. Ethel Morton's Enterprise The letter service would benefit, too, in other ways: it would be relieved of heavy packages; and the existence of a parcel post service would justify the provision of more efficient services in rural districts. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study If I were to ship two packages today to the same address in Chicago, sending one by parcel post and the other by express, I believe the parcel-post package would be delivered first. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers The establishment of the parcel post alone must have added considerably to the total of the employés in the Postal Department. The Trade Union Woman In 1889, at Windsor, prizes were awarded for a fruit and vegetable evaporator, a paring and coring machine, a dairy thermometer, parcel post butter-boxes to carry different weights. and a vessel to contain preserved butter. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 This fact makes it inadvisable to purchase compressed yeast at great distances from the source of supply, although it may be obtained by parcel post from manufacturers or dealers. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads The parcel post was, of course, as likely in 1912 to prove a blow to the express companies as in the earlier years when they had so strongly resisted any proposal for its introduction. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study The cost of shipping by parcel post is low. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Not yet; by spring I'm afraid I'll have to have some new clothes—I've had nothing since I came here except a fur coat, which arrived by parcel post! The Old Gray Homestead Save your strong string, to wrap around packages going by parcel post. Things Mother Used to Make "You have a greenery yellowy look, and remind me of Bunthorn and the forlorn maidens all rolled up together and sent in by parcel post." A Heart-Song of To-day In a considerable number of cases, however, packets sent at the parcel post rate are enclosed in the same mail-bag with packets sent at other rates. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study I also forward by parcel post, registered, the original of the assents to the treaty of the various bands. The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto A parcel post was also inaugurated, so that as much as twelve pounds could be sent at cost. Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 The coming of the automobile, the telephone, and the trolley, the development of the rural free delivery, the parcel post, and the agricultural press,—all these factors have been important. Problems in American Democracy It was not sent by parcel post, nor was it registered—these would have called for the sender's address—but, sent by ordinary first-class letter post, the flat little key came duly and promptly. Vicky Van In the 'sixties there was considerable agitation for extended parcel post facilities. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Well, I had to pay cash for them, including parcel post. Quill's Window The parcel post offers a much more economical service than the express companies ever gave. Problems of Conduct As postage was expensive at that time, and voluminous letters touched our pockets severely, Uhlig conceived the ingenious idea of using the parcel post for our correspondence. My Life — Volume 2 Discuss the parcel post as a means of cooperation. Community Civics and Rural Life The Post Office could not, however, in establishing a parcel post service, act as freely as in its arrangements for the conduct of the letter service. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study As we stood before the desk, a postman, with the parcel post, arrived. The Treasure-Train "You believe that the airship might develop along the unemotional lines of the parcel post?" he inquired. Number Seventeen "And Jane, will you be so good as to bring a few sample apples that came in that last parcel post from Montana?" suggested Ted Guthrie. Jane Allen, Junior Within scarcely more than a year Congress, by the Act of August 24, 1912, had authorized a parcel post and such a service was in actual operation on January 1, 1913. Letters of Franklin K. Lane Although in favour of a full parcel post system, and recognizing that there was a strong desire in the country for the boon, Mr. Wanamaker was not prepared to advocate its immediate establishment. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study The room, a veritable Louis Quinze jewel in its paneling, carving, and gilding, might have come direct from Versailles by parcel post; my bed was garlanded and curtained in rose-color. The Firefly of France Indeed, the telephone and other similar agencies, such as the parcel post, the rural free delivery, better roads, and the automobile, are rapidly transforming rural life in this country. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry Tomorrow the parcel post packages will begin rolling in. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' The developments of the present war have emphasized the essential distinction to be drawn between communications on the one hand, and packages of goods sent by parcel post on the other. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Postmaster-General Meyer interested himself in the question, and advocated in speeches in various parts of the country the immediate adoption of a parcel post system. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study They were impressed with the radical differences between the United States and most other countries where parcel post was in operation, and hesitated to recommend the introduction of a general service. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study He made at this time numerous treaties with foreign countries for parcel post services between those countries and the United States, at a general rate of 12 cents a pound. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Our parcel post man is an understanding fellow. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' The preferential rate obtained by parcels going abroad continued to be a strong argument in favour of a general parcel post, and members of Congress constantly referred to it in the discussions on the subject. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study In 1907 he suggested the introduction of a local parcel post service experimentally. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Meantime, the feeling in favour of a parcel post was spreading, more especially in the farming districts. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study The Post Office representatives advocated a limited experimental introduction of parcel post on rural routes and in the city delivery offices. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Now the boys who use parcel post at the partial expense of the general taxpayers want 199 repealed, and have introduced HR 2685 to that effect. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' But the country merchants were much alarmed, and there were doleful prophecies of the results of a parcel post. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study There was, moreover, and still is, an important body of opinion which goes much further than the advocacy of a parcel post system. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study In England these considerations have been sufficient to prevent the wholesale use of the parcel post for food-stuffs. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study The department believed and still believes that the parcel post, in time, will become an important factor in improving and cheapening the food supply of the great cities. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study And all the time, these various parts and pieces come by parcel post, freight and express, as the spirit moves her. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' |
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