POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3, 3 January 1914, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnlanrl (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and i for each succeeding 2o«. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States. Chili. Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Soma, .and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 21d for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and l id for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards. —lnland, single, Id ; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Boohs and Magazines, not registered). -4-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 ho 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 ,d for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “ail other places.”, All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction i'd.

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 Boz. sent by first available route; over Boz. 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 ‘in/..

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 Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all’night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in, the Dominion for'delivery in Now Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders, (By Post).—Payable in Now 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 .Gd ; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; m'axi mum £lO. United Kingdom, Brijtish Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within Now Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian states 0 4J per word Fiji 0 6'• ~ 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 NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under: — For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at G p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 0 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.rn. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.rn., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.rn. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.rn . . . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.rn., and G p.rn. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.rn., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. , Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 9.30 a.rn., and 2.30 p.m. Poboknra—Daily, 6 p.m Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays

9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 6 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. Taho r a—-T nosd ay, Wednesday, Saturday, 0 p.m. Tarfki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and’Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Worn—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday

and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9

a.in. ; Wednesday, G p.rn. Wairarapa—Daily, S. 10 a.in., 9.G0 a.m., and 2.G0 p.rn. Waitara —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.rn., and G p.rn. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.in., 9.30 a.in., 2.G0 p.m., and G p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.in., 9.G0 a.rn., and 2.G0 p.m. Whangatnomona—Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday 6 p.m. day and Thursday 0 p.m. S. G. STANTON, Pflstmaster.

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