POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 51, 2 March 1914, Page 6

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and J 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 placos 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and l£d for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Po3t Cards. —lnland, single, Jd; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Bcoks and Magazines, not registered).—All places, |d per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, £d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must- be left open. Commercial Papers.— Town (for ac counts, etc., only) Jd for 2ozs., or'ld for first 4oz. and Jd each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40a... and td for each succeeding 20/.. All othes places lOoz. .2)d, nud Jd fe -'•/-••'; aulitiona) 2oz. (Open for inspection).

, Pattern amii Sample Pask6*s,~- •"■ ■.; ■ land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof ; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All other places, Id first 4oz, ever; adlitional 2ok. or fraction sd. Registration.—2d additional £ot ail places. newspapers.—Town and Inland, ; .< sach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange Kiver, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If'under ■]oz, sent by first available route; ove§ sent by direct- steamer only; u.n"ss specially addressed and pav] at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id &>r vVf -"'' succeeding 2oa. All other places Li > ! ach under 4oz. and <VI each extra So?,. TELEPHONES, Charges —At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, t'7 ; private residences, £3, per annum. Exchanges not continuously.;; open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christ-church, Dunedin, fnvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palni>rston North, and Wangamii 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 New Zealand', not, exceed-

Money Orders. (By Poet).—Payiblo in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d., Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 8s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States; Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand. 3d for .every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee ,)t Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE HATES.

(Signature and address counted m part of the message). MAIL, NOTICES. Mails close at tiie Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; alao, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daiiy, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, G p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.23 ft.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, 8.1.0 *,'ui.\ 8..H0

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 0 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. Kioro—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, ai Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.; a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and So

urday, 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.

ing— N.Z. ,Aus U.K. s. d. s. d. s. d. lib 0 8 0 8 1 0 21b 0 4} 1 2 1 0 31b 0 6 1 8 1 0 41b 0 1\ 2 2 2 0 ,51b 0 9 2 8 2 0 81b o m 8 2 2 0 71b 1 0 8 8 2 0 Sib 1- li 4 2 8 0 91b 1 8 4 8 8 0 101b i a 4 8 3 0 Ulb 1 8 B 8 i f]

8. cl. Australian states 0 i\ per word Fiji 0 6 „ Norfolk Island 0 G United States 2 4 to2 3 " Cape Colony 2 7 " United Kingdom 3 0