POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 100, 18 August 1914, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATEB.

_ Ltttsre attd Lsttsir GsrsJu.—lnland (including Cook Islands'., Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, End t for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mesi- ■ ‘TO, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, ‘ Pago ‘Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, s.nd Postal Agencies in • Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oa. or fraction thereof; all other places 2pi for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lp.l ( .for each succeeding oz. or fraction ; At hereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; re- * ply, Id; all other places, single, Id; ,i rdply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books, and Magazines, not registered).—All places, Jd per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for ©very Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. -or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Common.;?; ‘-a.— I Town (for accounts, ei> ,s> ! fd for 2ozs., or Id for first . • . 'id each succeeding 2oz. Inlau.i, fur first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for iuspOcfcibn). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” Aii other places. Id first 4oz, every ed- . dxtibnal Zoz. or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. Newspaper*.— Towm and Inland; id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Can dda, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei 6oz. sent by first available route; over 'goz. sent by direct steamer only; un;ess specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2pz. All other places Id each under <oa. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. 'Charges—At exchanges continue a <sopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per, annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for de- ! livery in New Zealand, not exceedfny— •it mat r A W

Monty Ordcra. (By Foot).—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or

fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, , Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Isj £7„ ! lst;6d;i£lo, 2s; £l2. 2a 8d; £l6, 3s; £l7, 3s ,6d, £2O; 4b ; maxi-

mum, £4O, United Kingdom, Butinh Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, Sd for each £1 ot fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand. 3d for every ,£p or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

.* CABLE RATES. T* ''fi i L • I a. d. Australian states 0 per word Fiji ..} , ; ; 9 0 Norfolk Island OS" United States I 4 to 2 8 fl Cape Colony 8 7 ” United Kingdom 8 0 ” (Signature and address counted a:, part of the. message). KAIL NOTICES. " \ Mails close at the Post OtSo», fiifai ford, as under:— J

For— / Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m. - ; (also, .Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 8 p.m, Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m, j Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. * / Elthara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., o.9S|a.m., 2.30 p.m. and G p.m. Hawera —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.50 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 » aa., S.SO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, <5 p.m. Hniroa -Bail” 6 o.m. . ; Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.SOjp.m., ‘ and 6 p.m. < Kaponga—Daily, 3,25 p.m. i Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, , v|rl Friday. 6 p.m. | Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Trursdw, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thurso uy, end Saturday, 3.25 p.m. , Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. ; Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.ffi) a.m., and 2.80 p.m. / Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., ,0.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 .a.m., 12.25 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngairo—Daily, 8.10 a..in., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m.', and 6 p.m. ; Normanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.ml, 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily/ 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.50, p.m.. l —Daily, 6 p.m. fc^Puniwhakau —Tuesdays and Saturdayg ■ 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Rowan--Daily, 3.25 p.m. , South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m.’, and 2 30 p.m W Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. > Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.50 p.m., and 6 p.ro. Taurakawa —Saturday, 9/ a.rn. ’To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m.'. St Efoko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.id. jPatutawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. IWainirapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m: fiYaitara —Daily, 8.10 a.in., 12.25 p.m., and’6 p.m. j iWanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.3,0 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m> Whaugamomoua—Daily, 6 p.rn.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. S. G. STANTON, i . Postmaster.

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