POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 2, 2 January 1914, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2jd for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id: reply 2d,

Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or.fraction thereof. One end must he left open. Commercial Papers—-Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All othur places lOoz. 2id, and id for every ad ditional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof ; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction id.

Registration.—2d additional for all places. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India,’ Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under j Soz. sent by first available route; over Soz. sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES.’ Charges—At exchanges continuously open—Business establishments; £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Aiickland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, listings, Palm- j erston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Ex- ' changes chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post). — Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s fkl; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British i Recession,-Canada,, HJjptpd, States, Hawaii and,Germany, ;3d for, each; £1” ,pr fraction thereof.,, (By Telegraph) — Within (New ‘'Zealand, 'Sd for every £5 or fraction of £5, and ‘a telegraph foe of Is. Australia,-at rate of postal money' orders/plhs Telegraph 1 61h}-r go. ’ 1 CABLE RATES. "s. d. • Australian states 0 4Jper„wurd Fiji ! : ' f 0* ; 6 . I Norfolk-Island 0 6 ’ United States 2 4 to 2 3 ” Cape Colony 2 7 ” United Kingdom 3 0 ” (Signature and address counted as part.of the message). MAIL NQTIC.EC> Mails close at tho Post Office, Strat- ! ford, 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, G p.m. F.ltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., .9.23 a.m.. 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Bawera—Daily, 8,10 a.m., .9.50 a.m., 2730 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa,—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.3,0 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Dailv, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- ' urday, G p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m.,

and G p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Ngaire— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Normauby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m, Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokhra—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakan—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 0 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m* South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m, Strathmore—Daily, G p.m. Tehora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, G p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.nj. ; and Wednesday, G p.m. Te Worn—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; Wednesday, 0 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and C p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangaraomona —Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday G p.m. day ami Thursday G p.m. S, 0. STANTON, Postmaster.

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