POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9, 10 January 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

- POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and £ for each succeeding 2oz. I nited 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 2Jd for the irst oz. or fraction thereof, and lid or each succeeding oz. or fraction hereof.

Post Cards. —lnland, single, id ; ro>ly, Id; all other places, single, Id; eply 2cl. Printed Papers (including Books nd Magazines, not registered).—All daces, id per 2oz. Magazines (regisered), inland, id for every Boz. or taction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. r fraction thereof. One end must be -ft open. Commercial Papers —Town (for acounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id or first 4oz. and id each succeeding iz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id >r each succeeding 2oz. All other daces lOoz. 2id, and id for every aditional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnmd, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; ver 2oz. as for “all other places.” Ail ther places, Id first 4oz, every aditional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration 2d additional for all laces.

Newspapers. —Town and Inland, £d ich, United Kingdom, Australia, Canla, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, ■ mange River, South Sea Islands, and Vansvaal, Id each paper. If under >z. sent by first available route; over os. sent by direct steamer only; un■ss specially addressed and paid at ite of Id for first 4oz. and for each ■icceeding 2oz. All other places Id ■ ich under 4oz. and jd 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, 'ellingtcn, Christchurch, Dunedin, •ivercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm ston North, and Wanganui are open i day and all night. The other F.xlianges chiefly from 9 a.rn. to o p.m. PARCEL POST. arcols posted in tho Dominion for delivery iri New Zealand, nut exceeding— *

Money Orders. (By Post).—Fayle in New Zealand, for each £5 or action of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, ji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Gd; £5, : £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd ; 15, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd, £2O, 4s; maxima £lO. United Kingdom, British issessions-, Canada, United States, ,'awaii and Germany, 3d f6r each £1 ■ fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— 'ithin New Zealand, 3d for every £5 ■ fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee t Is. Australia, at rate of postal ouoy orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES.

(Signature and address counted as irt of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratnd. as under:— For—uckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. ardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. puglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Itham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. awera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. 'awke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9,30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. uiakama—Dally, 6 p.m. uiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. lurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. iglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Caponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. lore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. iohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. iwgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. ahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. nin Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. hikahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . idhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. aw Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. gaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. lormanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. almerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., "*9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. ibokura—Daily, 6 p.m. uniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, G p.m. owan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. outh Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. trathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. ahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. ariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. hurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, G p.m. "e Wera—Daily, G p.m. oko —Daily, G p.m. ; also, Tuesday

and Saturday, 9 a.in. ntntawa—Tuesday and Saturday 9

a.m. ; Wednesday, (! p.m. Vairarapa—.Daily, 8.10 a.ra., 9.30 a.in., and 2.30 p.m. A'aitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 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. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday G p.m. day and Thursday G p.m. 8. G. STANTON, i'eatm as tor. , ■ __ j.ey

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