POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 January 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters anti Letter Cards. —Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for each Joz. or fraction thereof, and i for 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, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty •Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction ■thereof; all other places 2,Vd for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and IJd 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 or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be [eft open. Commercial Papers.— Town (for accounts, ©tc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding Joz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2fd, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln--1 and, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; iver 2oz. as for “all other places.” Ad other places, Id first 4oz, ©very additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration 2d additional for all places. Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id <ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canda, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id eaoli paper. If under 'oz. sent by first available route; over joz. sent by direct steamer only; uness specially addressed and paid £>t ate of Id for first 4oz. and fd for each ucceedjng 2oz. All other places Id ■aqh 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, tivercargill, Napier, Hastings-, Palmrston North, and Wanganui are open. II day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.in. to 5 p.m.

PARCEL POiiT. ’arcels posted in the Dominion for dolivery in New Zealand, hot exceedmg-

Money Orders, (By Post).--Pay-bio in New Zealand, for each £5 or faction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, •’id, Samoa. ,and Tonga, £2, Gd ; £5, s'; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd ; ;15, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd, £2O, 4s; maximal £4O, United Kingdom, British 'obsessions, Canada, United States, • fawaii and Germany, 3d’for each £1 ■ r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Vitldn New Zealand, 3d for every £5 r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee f Is. Australia, at rate of postal iouey orders, plus 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 G p.m. ardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. louglas—Daily, 6 p.m. fltharn—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. favvera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Tawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. luiakania-—Dally, G p.m. luiroa—Daily, G p.m. (urimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. 1 nglcwood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. vnponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. .viore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. vohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at G p.m. - ..owgartli—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Uahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, - 8.10 a.m., 9.30 v a.m., and 2.30 p.m./ dakahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- . urday, 6 p.m . !iclhirst —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. >'cw 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. donnanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. 'alrnerstoii North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. ’olioknra—Daily, G p.m. "uniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, G p.m. lowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. -tenth Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, G p.m. fuhora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, G p.rn. !'ariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. .'aurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday,

9 a.in. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. c Wera—Daily, 0 p.m. oko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday

and Saturday, 9 a.m, I'ututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9

a.m. ; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, S.lO a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—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. Whangauiomona—Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday G p.m. day and Thursday G p.m. 8, G. STANTON, Postmaster*. .

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