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Show New Regulation for Special Deliveries Effective today a new postal regulation regu-lation which will dlFpen.-c vnh the .necessity of signing a receipt for i special delivery letters was announced an-nounced b Assisiaui Postmaster Rufus i.arner The legulanon will enable postal , messengers io leave ut h mail In receptacles placed at homes stores offices and shops It Is urged that B place for receiving lUCfl mail is provided foi this purpose. A letter lo ihe postmaster from ,he department at Washington iaie 'hni while ihe new regulation ell m in ates the .-ecurily attached io receipt Ing such mail, for special delivery rates or postage were not Intended io lake Die place or registration fees w huh constitute Hie pohlal melhod Of insuring coirect delivery on firsi-das? firsi-das? matter. it is pointed oui thai io safeguard inafl one must now have II registered and insured To expedite delivery an additional len cents postage Is re quired The new regulation embracing spo i rial delivery matter in pari read: as follows: "If possible, delivery must be mad to the addressee, or io the person authorized to receive bis ordinary mail. But when there is no response to the bell or knock, ihe special may be placed in the slot ,or receptacle provided for ordinary mall. Mailer too largo to be placed In the regular receptacle will not be 'left when there Is no response to the , I bell, but w ill be returned to the post-office post-office after a notice has been left i at (be address given." |