POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 86, 2 April 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RAISES. Usttars and Lstter Cards..—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each ■ioa. or fraction thereof, and $ for each succeeding 2ob. 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 j Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each o?.. or fraction j thereof; all other places 2Jd for the | first ok. or fraction thereof, and IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, yd; reply, Id; nil other places, single, Id; reply 2d. i : virslgci Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oa. Magazines (registered), inland, jd for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open.

GoicnmorcSal Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozg., or id for first lor., and id each succeeding Joz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All otho> pianos lOoz. 2Jd, and id for overy additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern anti Sample Packets. —Inland, |d first 2dss. or fraction thereof: over 2oa. as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4oz, overy sdliOonal 20r,, or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places.

fjftwapapera.—Town and inland, Jo each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, ami Transvaal, l.d each paner. If undei loz, sent by first available route; over io?.. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid al v rate of Id for first 4oz. and 3d for each succeeding 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. Bxcbanges not continuously open, an

equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, . Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm'M'ston North, and Wanganui are open ill day and ail night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to G p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By PostJ.-r-iPay able in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Common wealth , Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2a; £l2, 2a 6d;■ 615, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, is; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States Hawaii and Germany, Sd 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.

GABLE KATES.

(Signature and address counted as oart of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post OSioo, Bfcral f ord, 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, H p.m. Kltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., §.23 a.m.. 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. tiawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s liay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. fluiakama—Daily, 6 p.m* ffuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday. an Saturday, at 6 p.m. : also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Kapouga—Daily, 3.25 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. Dow garth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. .’Tahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 U a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urdtfy, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. 'Tew 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. Norrnanby—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, 0 p.m. Funiwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m-., and Wednesdays, b 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. Pntnr day, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Werar-CDaily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday ana feauirday, 9 a.m. Fututawa — l Tuesday and Saturday, S a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.ra. VVairarapa- -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., 9.3' a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. Whangamdmona.—Tuesday, We;!nos | day, Thursday and Saturday, at : 6 p.ra.; also Tuesday and Satur- j day at 9 a.m. i §|. STANTON, I UMriKT „ '

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