POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 89, 6 April 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letter* and Letter Garda.— lnland I (including Cook Islands), Id for epefi j 4oz. or fraction thereof, aud i tor j each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom. British Possessions. United States, j Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Psgo | Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Porm j gUese Colonies, Siam, Serna, anc. | Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each ok. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lit, for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Garda.—lnland, single, id ; re ply, 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 2<>a or fraction thereof. One end must h<left open. Commercial Papers.— Town (for ac:ounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or lo tor first 4oz. and jd each succeeding Joz. Inland, Id for first doz., and id tor each succeeding 2oz. All othm daces lOoz. 2id, and id for every fld htional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sampis Packets. —Inand, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof >ver 2oz. as for “all other places.” A!! ther places. Id first 4oz,__ every cdiitional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for af daces. Newspapers.—Town and inland, id ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Can ida, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal )range River, South Sea Islands, am 1 ransvaal, Id each paper. If undot loz. sent by first available route; ovei oz. sent by direct steamer only; un ess specially addressed and paid rrate of Id for first 4oz. and id for eacr succeeding 2oz. All other places Id •ach under 4oz. and id *aach extra 2c/ TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; rivate residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an qual charge of £o. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, nvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Paimrston North, and Wanganui are open li day and all night. The other Ex■hanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. 'arcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zeais.nd,_ not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post). —Pay ;ble in New Zealand, for each £5 or faction of £5, &d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Gd; £5 s; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d, 115, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxiivum £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 >r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— .Vithin New Zealand* 3d for ev'ery £5 ir fraction of £5, and a telegraph fe+ it la. Australia, at rate oi posts ■noney orders, pins telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. a. d. Australian statesl 0 4J per word Fiji 0 6 ~ Norfolk Island 0 6 ” \ United States 53 4 to 2 3 ” Cape Colony 2 7 United Kingdom 8 0 ,J (Signature and address counted a? part of the message). MA!L NOTHGESr Mails close at the Pest Office, Strat ■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, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a m., 8.28 A.m 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.in., 8.50 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., Of a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, G 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 6 p.m, Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fr: day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, anr Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays

and Saturdays 9 a.m. iiowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, sod Saturday, 3.25 p.m. .Mahoe— Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.8 b

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 R.m., 9.80 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. Norm&nby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 3.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturday. 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 0 p.m. Rowui—Daily, 3.55 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.3! a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Satin day, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and

Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 3.30 p.m and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Baturdaj 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Pe Wera—Daily, G 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. Wairarnpa- -Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 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., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3‘ a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wed nos day, 'Thursday and Saturday, at 0 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. V if. WANTON.

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