POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATE3< Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland (including Cook 4oz. or fraction theraoi, 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 2id 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 Books md Magazines, not registered).—All olaces, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, }d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. ir fraction thereof.. One end must be eft open. Commercial Papers.—Town (for ac-, ■ounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or id 'or first 4oz. and id each succeeding: loz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id or each succeeding 2oz. All other )laces lOoz. 2£d, and id for every adlitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln-; and, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; >ver 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, id <ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canda, Ceylon, India,: Jamaica, Natal, Grange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; unoss specially addressed and paid at ate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each uicceeding 2oz. All other > places, Id iach under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges-*-At exchanges continuousestablishments, £7; .u-ivate residences, £5 per Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges ,at Auckland, Wellington, .Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Pairi!>rston 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 i.Post).— Payable -in,l|lqwi Zealand for each £/) oi fraction of £5, 3d. ' Commonwealth, ?i]i'i Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, s; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; 'AS, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4b; maxinum £4O. United Kingdom, British 'osjsessions,. .Canada, United llawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 ';t' fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)--•Vithin New Zealand,. 3d for every/s/j f »p Irfifctibhbl arid a"" telegrapsi f«t tfi-ite.ik Australia;;oat> rate of o pbstal noney; orders; plus telegraph, charge. •'.»«-- w™'tfkWp ftATES. i,)H " : '' " |

MAIL. NOTIGEB. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For—~nd—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., 6.50 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. Quiakama—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. rnglewood—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. Ijowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. M'ahoe—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. NTormanby—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. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, b" p.m. llowt.n—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily; 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 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. Te 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.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. <sj 'l. STANTON,

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