POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. .Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland (including Cook 4oz. or fraction thereor, 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}d for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction !/ hereof. , Post Cards.— lnland, single, id; reoly, Id; all other plaices, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books md Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. >r fraction thereof. On© end must be eft open. Commercial Papers.— Town (for amounts, etc., only) id.for 2ozs., or Id or first 4oz. and id each succeeding .'oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id or each succeeding 2oz. All other .daces lOoz. 2|d, and id for every adlitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnand, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; nor 2oz. as for "all other places." All .ther places, Id first 4oz, every adiitional 2oz. or fraction id.

Registration.— 2d additional for all places. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id •ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canida, 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; uness specially addressed and paid at ate of Id for first 4m. and id for each ucceeding 2oz. All other places Id ach under 4oz. and i<l each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges— At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland. Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, 'nvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm■rston North, and Wanganui are open ill 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—

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Money* Orders. (By Post).— Pay : ■\t)le 'in'New Zealand, M* each £5 ; fraction of £5, 3d. Common weal th| m, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, !s: £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6VI; CIS, 3s; £l7. 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, BritisSi Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 ■i- fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— 'Yithin New .Zealand, 3d for every £5 >;• fraction of £5, and ,a telegraph fee 4 Is. Australia, at rate of postal noney orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES.

(Signature and address counted as r>art of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 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 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. flawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. [luiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tues-

days and Saturdays 9 a.m. fnglewood—Daily, 8.10'a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.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.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Xormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m.,

9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. L'uniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, b p.m. Rowt,n—Daily, 3.25 p.m. . South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Satnrday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and

Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wera—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m. ; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9

a.m. ; Wednesday, 6 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 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 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. ». Q. STANTON, JftMimMt<r

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