POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 74, 18 March 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Latter Cards. —inlaid (including Cook Islands), Id for eacn 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 fraction thereof; all other, places 2id for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ivd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, ; 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 ©very Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must he •eft 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 for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for ©very additional 2oz. (Open for inspection).

Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof : aver 2oz. as for “all other places.” All orher 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, Canada, 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; unless .specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. ,and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and id each extra 20>,. 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 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 exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New . Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Common wealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, .a] £7, la 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd; 215, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxiimm £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, Unite*! States, Hawaii and Germany, 8d for each £1 >r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)- - Within New Zealand. 3d for every £5 >r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee if Is. Australia, at rate of postal uoney orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. b.'d. Australian stated 0 4$ per word Fiji 0 6 „ Norfolk Island 0 6 ” United States 8 4 to 2 3 ” Gape Colony 2 7 " United Kingdom 3 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, Tiresdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—-Daily, 6 p.m. BJtharn—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m, fclawera—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., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—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. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 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, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe— Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.80 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. Norraanby—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., snd 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 6 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 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and 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 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. % % STANTON,

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