POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 72, 16 March 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland (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 • Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fractionthereof; all other places 2i| 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 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 for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id a>r each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; 3ver2oz. as for "all other places." All other places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places.

Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id United Kingdom, Australia, Canida, 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; uness specially addressed • and paid at ate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id lach under 4oz. and id «ach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges continnous- > open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 •per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an >.qual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, 'nvercargill, Napier, Hastings, "Palmrston North, and Wauganui are open ;!1 day and all night. The other E: nhanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post).— Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 Oi fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; ■ £5 ; is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; Sls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United Statea> Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. "(By Within New Zealand. 3d for every £5 jr fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee ii Is. Australia; at rate of postal .noiiey orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATEB.

United Kingdom 8 0 " (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., 6.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke'B Bay—Daily, 8.10 8.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Buiakama—Daily, 6 p.m.: s Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. fnglewood—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. Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahti—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.ni . 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. Normanby—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, 0 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, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; an<| Wednesday, 6 p.m. To 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 0 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. Whangamomorm.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. * *%. STANTON, j

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