POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Latter Cards.—lnland (including Cook 4oz. or fraction ther&oi, 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, Serna, 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 thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Bocks 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 lef£ 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. 2Jd, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof : ever 2oz. as for “all other places.” All ither places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, i<; each, United Kingdom,. Australia, Cat! ada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, NatalOrange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over Soz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid sP rate of Id for first 4oz. and ]d 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. 1 Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all 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 New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post).—Payvbld in New Zcalahd, lor 'eafcli £5 ’cn racljion of' £s,'' 3d. 'Commonwealth; ?iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, N; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd ; 7 15, 3s : £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximmi £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 n- fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 r j’f action of £5 f and a-telegraph fee If'Ms. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. cable rates. s. d. Australian state# 0 4$ per word i'iji 0 6 „ Norfolk Island 0 6«. ” United States 2 4 to 2 3 ” Cape Colony 27” United Kingdom 3 0 ” (Signature and address counted as oart of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Poet Office, Stratord, as under : For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Jarditf—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. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. iiuiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. FTuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. lilurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.: also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. ingle wood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. A iore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Lpwgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Malice—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Tru|ik—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . Mid hirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.16" 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. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., afxd 6-p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Punivvhaliau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, ti p.m. Bowen—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. I’ahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and

Saturdays 9 a.m. r.ariki— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. I'aurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. I'e 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.rn. 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. % O. STANTON,

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