POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 4, 25 April 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

. POST AL RATES. Letters and Letter Garris.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oa. or fraction thereof, and J tor 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; ail other places 2pi for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and Ifd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. * Peat Carde.—lnland, single, £d; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Passers (including Book? and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must he jiffc open. Commortiiat Papers.—Town (for accounts,- etc., only) id for 2ozs., or !-1 for first 4oz. and id -each succeeding ioz. Inland, Id for first ioz., snd id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2jd, and id for every adiitional 2cz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof: aver 2oz. as for “all other places.” Ail other' places. Id first 4oz, every adiitional 2oa. or fraction id. BegEHratitm.—2d additions,! for all places. Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id sach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, 'Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under loz. sent by first available route; over loz. sent by direct- steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid av rate of Id for first 4oa. and for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges net 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—

Maney Orrisro. (By Post).—Pay. ible in New Zealand, for each £6 01 fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, tki; £5. Is; £7, Is 6d;'£lo, 2s; £l2. 2s (kl, 015, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4»; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States., Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 )!■ fraction thereof. (EyvTeiegraph)— Within New Zealand. 3d for every £5 Jr fraction of £5, and & telegraph fee >f Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. SABLE KATES. ’ 5. d. Australian status 0 44 per word Pijij 0 8 Norfolk Island () 6 •'* United States 3 i so 2 3 ” Cape Colony 2 7 United Kingdom SO ” (.Signature arid address counted sj, part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails dose at the Post Office, Efer&tford, as under : For—.Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.'; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at G p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m, Douglas—Daily, £ p.m. Eltliam—Daily, 8.10 &.m., 0.23 a.xn., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., ©..50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 fe.m., 8,g() a.m., ami 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 8 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, an,; Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays ami Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. \ Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kioro—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Uowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, * and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.20 i>,m. Maiu Trunk—Daily, BTO a.m., 9.50

a.m., and 2.30 p.ru. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.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., 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ndrmanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9,30 a.m.,* 2.30 p.m,, and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 b.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, o 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, (i p.ru. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, G p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Taurakaw.a—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, G p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday - and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; 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., 12.25 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Wanganui-Daily, 8.10 a.m., p.gQ a.m , 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.in., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednes. I day, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. € % STANTON,

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