POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 36, 12 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —inland (including Cook Islands), Id for ea-'ii 4oz. or fraction thereof, and ) 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 2id 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, |d per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding loz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoa. 2id, and id for every adlitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inand, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; ivor 2oz. as for “all other places.” All •ther places, Id first 4oz, every acllitional 2oz. or fraction id.

Registration.—2d additional for all places. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each, 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; 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 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, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other F.\changes chiefly from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the L>ominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceeding—

’ ; J>s oney Orders. ' (By Post).— Pa, W’) ■ie JtrNew Zealand, for each'£s hr' 1-yctioxr of £5, 3d. C6irimofa\Veah'U. ! ‘ in, Samoa, iaudi Tonga, £2, 6A I ; iC g' o ; £7j. U 6d;. £lO, 2s; £l2 2s. 0<; ;,j 85. 35. ; £l7, 3s Cd, £2O, 4s; msxiJ ■num £4O. United Kingdom, Brito h ‘ .invasions, Canada, United States,

lawaii and Germany, 8d for each £1 ■■ fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every l;h r fraction of £5, and a telegraph tcc . 'f Us. • Australia,- at rate of - pasta! money orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. b. d. Australian states 0 4J per word 'ji 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 oarc of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratord, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Oouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. , fit hum—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.50 a.m.j 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. -luiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m, Inglewood—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. ho v,-garth—Tuesday, Ihursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Uaiioe—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, 8 p.m i MidLiii-ii - h.4i.3.10 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. Vorraanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Balm erst on North-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Bohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Buniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 6 p.m.' Rowun—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, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and

Saturdays 9 a.m. lariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, 1 aurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wera—Daily, 0 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 0 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 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. Whanga momon a. —Tuesday, Wedn day, Thursday and Saturday, it 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m, @ Ht. STANTON, 7'V‘imastr'

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