POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 99, 20 April 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Utters and Letter Cards.—lnland (including Cook Islands), id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, anil f for each succeeding So/.. Baited Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Serna, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty i Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2jd for the | first 07.. or fraction thereof, and I*<l I for each succeeding oz. or fraction j thereof. Pass Garda.—lnland, single, Id; reply, Id; Ml other places, single, Id'; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, *d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, -kl per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be )pft open. Commercial Papers—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2oza., or id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding foz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. Ail other places lOoz. 2|d, and §d for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern anti Sample Packs ts. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; >ver 2oz. as for ‘‘all other places.” All >i,hor places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction Jd, Registration. —2d additional for ail daces. Newvspapara.—Town and'lnland, id 'ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange 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 •ucceeding 2oz. AH other places Id ■ach under 4oz. and id «ach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges ooniumouß-open-—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an qua! charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm■rston North, and Wanganui are open ill /Hay and ail night. The other E)x•hanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. .'arcols posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post).—Pajiblo in New Zealand, for each £3 or Faction of £5, 3<l. Comr.ionwer.lth, tflji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £5, s; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2a; £l2, 2s 6d; 115, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd, £2O, 4s; fcasiaura £4O. United Kingdom, British ’obsessions, Canada, United State-?, lawaii and Germany, Sd for each £1 >r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— iVithiu New Zealand. 3d for ©very £b >r fraction of £5, and a telegraph feo it Is. Australia, at rate of postal aoncy orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE KATES. e. d. Australian 0 per word I’h'ji OS ~ ‘-orfolk Island 0 ft ” United States 3 4 to 2 S ” Jape Colony 2 7 United Kingdom 8 0 ” (Signature and address coxmted a? ,>art of the message). fid AIL NOTICE®. Mails close at the Poet Ofilo®, Strat‘ord, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 am.; also, Tuesdays, aijd Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m, Douglas—Daily;, 8 p.m. Eltham—Daily, <B.IO *.m., S.3S a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 ami., 8.50 &.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.aa., fi.SO a.m., and 2,30 p.m. Huiakarna—Daily, 6 p.m. : Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, sud Saturday, at G p.m.: also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 w. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.rn. Kiore— Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, G p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Lowgarth—Tuesaay, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.rn. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main* Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., and 2.30 p.np Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirst-—Daily, 8.10 A.m., 9.30 p.rn., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 «.m,, 2.30 p.m., p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North— Daily, S.lO a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau— Tuesdays ana Saturday!

9 a.in., and Wednesdays, G p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.23 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 d a.in., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—-Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, G p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and G p.m. Faurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wera—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 1’ a.in. ; Wednesday, G p.m. Wairarapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.23 p.m. and G p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 s.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. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at G p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. i 1. STANTON,

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