POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 37, 13 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —Inlanc (including Cook 4oz. 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, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for tho first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. t Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id 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 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every adlitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places,’ All other places, Id first 4oz, every ad--11 tional 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 tinder Uoz. sent hy first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only ; un’css specially addressed and paid at •ate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each mcceeding 2oz. All other places Id ■ach under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz, TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges continuous open—Business establishments, £7 private residences, £5 per annum Exchanges not continuously open, ai equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm ■rston North, and Wanganui are npci 41 day and all night. Che other r.x changes chiefly from 9 a.m. to b p.m PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for do livery in New Zealand, not exceed **‘g—

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payhlo in New Zealand, for each £5 or Taction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, s; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; ;15, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxi- , man- £lO. United Kingdom, British ■’ossessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 8d for each £1 ;r f motion thereof; (By Telegraph)— Vi thin New Zealand, 3d for every £5 r fraction of £5; and a telegraph fee F Is, Australia, at rate of postal ' money orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. s. d. ' Australian state# 0 4$ per word Fiji 0 6,, Norfolk Island 0 i 6 United States 2 4 to 2 3 ” Cape Colony 2 7 ” United Kingdom 3 0 ” (Signatui’e and address counted as part 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. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Ultham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Mawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 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. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Fluiroa—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. Uowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.23 p.m. VI a hoe—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.

N'gaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Norman by—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. Pimiwhaliau—Tuesdays and Saturdays

9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 0 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.in., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora— I Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, G p.m., also Tuesdays and

Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m, I'aurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 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.ra. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at G p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. P STANTON, r.ismstmi wrw. 1 . -

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