POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5, 6 January 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each loz. or fraction thereof, and i tor each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2-id for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and l|d 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, -)d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers. —Town (for ac■ouuts, etc., only) -)d for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding, 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2i-d, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof ; aver 2oz. as for “all other places.” All .(her places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.— 2d additional for all places. Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id aeh, United Kingdom, Australia, Canda, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Range River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under oz. sent by first available route; over : oz. sent by direct steamer only; uness specially addressed and paid at ate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each uece’eding 2oz. All other places Id ach under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an •qual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Vellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, nvercargill, Napier,. Hastings, Palmrston North, and Wanganui are open il, day and all night. . The other E\hangos chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. 'arcols posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. • (By; j UoptU-Uayr tie in New Zealand, for each £5 or ruction 3d; , 'ijij. Samoa, and Tonga,’ £2, 6d; £5, ,s'm£7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; 15, Os; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxima £4O. United Kingdom, British obsessions, Canada, United States, iawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 r fraction tliereof. (By Telegraph)— tithin New Zealand, 3d for every £5 r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee f Is. Australia, at rate of postal louey orders, plus telegraph charge. 1 CABLE RATES. 'V f* -j V , I,'/’ 8 ‘ d. Vustralian states 0 4i per word iji 0 6 ~ .'orfolk Island 0 6 ” .lited States 2 4 to 2 3 *’ ape Colony 2 7 ” nited Kingdom 3 0 ” (Signature and address counted as art of the message).

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Post Office, Stratotd, as under:— For—uickland—Daily, 8.10, a.m.j also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. ardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. 'ouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. .Itham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and G p.m. iawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. lawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. luiakama—Daily, G p.m. Iniroa—Daily, (1 p.m. lurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. ‘uglewood— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. vaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. viorc—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. vohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. .owgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 pan. Jahoe—Daily, 3.25 pan, lain Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 , a.m., and 2.30 pan. Vlak'ahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, G pan . Tidhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 pan., and 6 p.m. few Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. fgaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 pan., and 6 pan. Vormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 pan., and 6 p.m. "alniorstoa North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 pan. Tohokura—Daily, C pan. 'bmiwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, G pan. lowan—Daily, 3.25 pan. south Island-—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 aan., and 2,30 p.m. utrathmore—Daily, G pan. I'ah'ora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, G p.m. I'ariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 pan., and 6 p.m. I'aurakawa-— I Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, G pan. To Wera—Daily, (5 pan. Toko—Daily, G pan. ; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; Wednesday, G pan. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 pan. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 pan., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and, 2.30 pan. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday G pan. day and Thursday G p.m. B. G. STANTON, P«s turns tor.

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