POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 92, 9 April 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for each (oz. or fraction thereof, and i for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Fern, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Sorvia, aim Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Forts, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and I’d for each succeeding ox. or fraction .hereof. Pobj Cards. —lnland, single, Kl; re)ly, Id; all other places, single, Id ; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books md Magazines, not registered).—All Maces, id per 2oa. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be j'ft open. Commercial Papsr*.—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or id for first 4.0 r., and id each succeeding !oz. Inland, Id for first loz., and id ? or each succeeding 2oz. All other olaces lOoz. 2id, and id for every ad iitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets, —Inand, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof: .vet 2oz. as for “all other places.” Aj! ■rher places. Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction id,

PlGglatrailors. —2d additional for si) places. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id neh, United Kingdom, Australia,_ Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal Irango River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under ioz. sent by first available route; over ’oz. sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each mcceeding 2oz. All other places Id ;ach under 4oz. and id each extra "oz TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum Exchanges not continuously open, an .bqiial charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open ill 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 ibfe in Now Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Eiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 8d; £6, is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2a; £l2, 2s 6d; 315, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d. £‘2o, 4s; maximum £4O, United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United Stales, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— VVifchin Now Zealand, 3d for every £5 -T fraction of £5, and a telegraph foe if Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE MAYES. &. d. Australian staWi 0 4$ p«r word Fiji 0 0 Norfolk Island 0 6 ” . United States 9 4 to 2 3 ” Cape Colony 2 7 ” United Kingdom 3 0 ” (Signature and addrois conn tod as part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close et the Post. Office, Stratford, 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 t&.m., $.23 c.m., 2.00 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.50 s ir;., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a, si., O.SH a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 0 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., 9.50 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-

urday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngairo—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 9.30 s.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Nbrraanby—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 9.80 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 amt Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 0 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, G p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2. 50 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wera—Daily, G p. m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.ra. ; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tatutnwa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; Wednesday, G p.m. Wairarapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.rn., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and G p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and S p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday ftt 9 a.m. % 1. BTAW'fON,

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