POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 83, 28 March 1914, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

tatters and Latter Garde.— lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, ami 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 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, |d 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 for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, 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 additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. Newspaper®.—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 p;»id at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. AM other places Id each under 4oz. ami id each extra 2oa. TELEPHONESCharges —At exchanges conxmaousopen—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). —Pay able in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2. 2s Gd; £ls, 3s; £l7, 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 New Zealand. 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge, CABLE RATES.

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MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post OSoe, fitrai ford, as under : For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m, Cardiff—Daily, 3.23 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.23 s.xa., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.50 «.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 fe.m., B.SO 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., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.2-5 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays

and Saturdays 9 a.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.23 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 8.25 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., 9.30 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., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 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 ami Saturday*. 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8.25 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 Te Wora—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. Wha ngame mon a.—Tuosday, Wedn es day, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. « STANTON,

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Australian states «. d. 0 44 per word Fiji 0 6 n Norfolk Island ■ # 0 " 6 )) United States 3 4 to 2 8 Cape Colony 2 7 »? United Kingdom 3 0 j r J (Signature and address counted as