POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1914, Page 6

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction ther&of, and * for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica. Egypt, Italy, Mexico, -Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pern, 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 2sd for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, Jd ; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Soz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, jd per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must; bo left open. Con<'!ierda! Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and Jd each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and {d for each succeeding 2oz. All oilier places lOoz. 2Jd, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other place*." All other places. Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction id.

Registration 2d additional for all places. Newspapers. —Town and Inland, *d each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange Iliver, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by fir.st available route; over Soz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and £d each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES.

Charges —At exchanges cor-tinuous-open—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 Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Morsey Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand;, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is (3d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3h;.£17. 3s 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 i\ew Zealand. 3d for every £5 or traction of £5, -and a telegraph fee at is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus tolegraph charge.

CABLE RATES.

(Signature and address counted as part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under: — For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 s.m. ; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, C p.m. Flthara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 *.m., 2.30 p.m. and 0 p.m. tiawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.G0 a.m.,

2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawlvo's Uay—-Daily, 8.10 fe.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 0 p.m. Uuiroa—Daily. G p.m. rlurimoana—Tuesday. Wednesday. an,j

Saturday, at G p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. [nglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. Kaponga—.Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri

<lay, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Cjowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—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. G 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 G p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 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, ti p.m. Rowui—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, G 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. Taurnkawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, G p.m. Te Wera—Daily, G 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 G p.m. Wanganui—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G 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. % f). STANTON,

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