POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 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, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chines© Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and 14d for each succeeding oa. 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 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 cor first 4oz, and id each succeeding ?oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id :’or each succeeding 2oz. All other olaces lOoz. 2id, and id for every adlitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —In'and, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; >ver 2oz. as for “ail other places.” All )ther places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id, Registration 2d additional for all places. Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Can>da, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; un’ess specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each mcceeding 2oz. All other places Id ■ach under 4oz. and id aach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at AucWns-’ Wellington, Christchurch, Dei! " Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, i • erston North, and Wanganui are up all day and all night. The other L ; changes chiefly from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed ing—

Money Orders. (By . Post). —PAy;hlo in New Zealand, for each £5 or •‘faction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £o. ..a • £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; ■‘ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxinum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions; Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 >r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— : .Vithin New Zealand. 3d for every £5 t fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee .t Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph 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 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. Eawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Buiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, "Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tues-

days and Saturdays 9 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and Q 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. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30

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. Now Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15

p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Ngairo—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 s.m 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 .t.m., 9.80 a.m

2.30 pin., and 6 p.m. Palmer Eton North—-Daily, BJO 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays

9 a.rn., and Wednesdays, ci p.m. Rowan—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. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and

Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 s.m., 2.30 p.m and 6 p.m. Tanrakawa—Tuesday . and Saturday

9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Worn—Daily, 0 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m. ; also, Tuesday

and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday, G 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. <3. STANTON,

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s. d. Australian states 0 4| per word Fiji 0 c „ Norfolk Island 0 6 " United States 2 4 to2 3 Cape Colony 2 7 United Kingdom 3 0