POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 80, 25 March 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Latter 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 fraction thereof; all other places 2|d for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d, Printed! Paper* (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—AH places, |d per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, for every Soft, or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2o> or fraction thereof. One end mast be left open. Commercial Paper#.— '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. 2|d, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All other places. Id first 4oz, every Edition al 2oz. or fraction id. Registration. —2d additions! 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 loz. sent by first available route; over ioz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate, of Id for first 4oz. and id for each nicceeding 2oz, All other places Id each under 4oz. and id «ach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. - Charges—At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an ?qual 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 Fv iianges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.ra. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

iSMoney Orders. >'(By' Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for' each £5 or fraction 1 of - £5, 3d. Commonwealth, riji, Samba, and Tonga, : £2, ; 6d; £5, tff j ' £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; -116, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxinum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d fpr each £1 >r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Vithin New Zealand. 3d for every £5 ir fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee >f la. Australia, at rate of postal uonoy orders, plus telegraph charge.

MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Pest Office, Staratlord, as under:— ForAuekiand—Daily, 8.10 a.m."; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Oouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Havvera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.60 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Efuiakama—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., 2.30 p.m., and 6 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,, 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 p.m.,

and ti p.m. Hew 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. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m.,. and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, ti 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 2.80 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.in., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. H H. STANTON,

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V; CABLE RATES. i is. d. •Australian status ■ 0 41 per word tfiji • 0 6 1} Norfolk Island 0 6 >> United States 2 4 'to 2 8 »>, ■3 a pe Colony 2 7 ' M *} United Kingdom 3 0 JJ (Signature and address counted m part of the message).