POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 88, 13 December 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. | Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland inehifiing Cook ’lslands), Id for each ox. or fraction thereof, and £ for •ach succeeding’ 2oz. United Kingdom. Jritish Possessions, ..United States ■ liili, Costa Rica,' Egypt, Italy, ,Mexi o, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago ; i ago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portn,'iese Colonies, • Siam, , ■ Servia, and Agencies in Chinese Treaty prts.H Id for, each, or..' or. jfrarion ~ ereoj ; ■ al{ .other places 2wd‘ toe the ■si' d’z., or, fraction thereof, and I'd r paqh, succeeding o?.' or fraction tereof. ’ ' , Post Cards.—lnland, 1 single,. -id rely, Id; all other places, single, Id; I 'ply 2d’. pjjjited papers (including t Books ' ,td 'registered).—All laces,' Id pe,r 2oz. Magazines (regisi ‘ red), inland, |d for every Boz. or action thereof. Foreign, jd per 2oz. ■ fraction thereof. One end rmlSt be .ft,,open., ‘ Commercial Papers. —Town (for ao>unts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id <r first 4oz. and id each succeeding iz. Inland, Id for.first 40z., and )d sr... each -.Succeeding -20 z.. AlDi other ‘aces ,anjd(l4 for .every adjitipnpl 2oz ( , (Open.for inspection). and Sarnple Packets.—Bind, Jd fifst,.2oz. or fraction -^hereof: ver 2oz. ,as ; .£qr ‘‘all other places.” All ■ d.xer'? I>l acdp, Td first every aditional 2oz, or fraction id. r . additional for all laces. ' , 5 . ■ Newspapers.— Town and Inland, id ich, United kingdom, Australia, Canla, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, range River, South Sea Islands, and ransvaal. Id each paper. If under iz. sent by first available route; over iz. sent by direct steamer only; un:ss specially addressed and paid at ite of Id for first 4oz. and id for each ‘icceeding 2oz. All other places Id ich under 4oz, and id oaclv extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges— At exchanges con+innonsopen—Business establishments, ; .•ivato;residences, £5 per annum, xchanges not continuously open, an iual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, 'ellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, ivercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm,i'ston North, and Wanganui are open .1 day and all night. The other Extanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. arcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Bom). —Bax- j ' ile in Xew Zealand. Jt;r each i ’ r ■action of £d, 3d, (’«uwi»u»ii«ealih, ji, Samoa, and Tonya L’-. r ! : -•». ; £7, Is Gd; £lO. 2s; 2> O'! ; ; '5, 3s; £l7. 3s (3d, £2u, J»: m..xi- ■ mn £4O. United Kingdom, Bri.li.di . ossessions, Canada, United Stale*. j ■nvaii and Germany, 3d for eac : i;! ■ ■ fraction thereof. (By Telegraph}—*illiin Non Zealand, 3d for ever; £■> ■ fraction ot £5. and a telegraph fee Is. .\imtra I ia, at rate of jrostal icney orders, pins telegraph charge. CABLE RATES.

(Signature and address counted as >art of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post' Office, Stratord, as under:— ; For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, C p.m.

N.Z. Aus U.K. s. d. s. d s. d. I!) 0 3 0 8 1 0 lb 0 4i 1 o 1 0 11) 0 6 1 8 I 0 11) 0 2 2 2 0 ■lb 0 9 2 8 3 0 lb » 0 101 3 2 2 0 lb 1 0 3 8 2 0 Ub i r 4 2 3 0 lib l ;i 1 8 3 0 01b ] M '• 4 n 3 n Ub j 0 ;> ;l 0

nstralian states s. 0 d. per word iji 0 6 i'orfolk Island 0 (i Inited States 2 4 to 2 3 ; 1 ape Colony 2 7 '■ 'nited Kingdom 3 0 ”