POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 88, 12 July 1918, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Let.ter Cards.—lnland {including Cook Islands), Id for eacli 4oz. or fraction thereof, and £d foi each succeeding 2oz, United Kingdom, British possession, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies Siam, Servia, and Pos'cal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2}d for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ltd for each suceeding oz. or fraction thereof. Including War Tax id additional. ’ •

Post Cards. —lnland, single Id; all other places, single ltd. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places Id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, Ul for every Soz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, I.d per 2oz or fracton thereof. One end must be left open. Including War Tax )d additional. Commercial Papers.— Town (for accounts, etc., only) 1 for 2ozs, or lid or first 40z., and Ml each succeeding 2oz, Inland, or first 40z., and .Ul for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 3d and Ul for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln land, Id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All other places IJd first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction Ul.

Registration. —2d additional for all places. War Tax.—Jd additional, is included in all the above.

Newspapers. —Town and Inland, each,' United Kingdom. Australia, Can •ida, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River. South Sou Islands, and Transvaal Id cadi paper. il under Soz. sent by first available route; over Soz' sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz, and *d for each succeeding 2oz, All other places Id ‘uoh under 4oz. and Jtl ouch extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invecargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open •ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. and 5 p.m money orders, plus telegraph charge mnual charge of £5. Charges. —At Exchange continuous ly open—Business establishments, £7, private residences £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, £5 per annum. PARCEL POST.

Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

ed additional war tax required on each parcel. . . „ Money Orders. (By Post.)— layable in New Zealand ior each £o m fraction of £S, 7 ' 3d. '''CbniYUimweiflthy Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, fad; ~0, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s fad; £ls, 3s; £l7. '3s (id, £2O, Is; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii arid Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By telegraph) Within New Zealand. 3d for every £o or fraction of £5, and a telegraph .ee of ig—Australia, at rate specified above with additional 4UI per word for telegram of advice and delivery fee (id. . v

CABLE RATES.

2d additional war tax requuecl on each message. . nc (Signature and address counted as pavt of the*message).

MAIL NOTICES

Mails close at the Post Office, Strat ford, as under:—

Auckland— Daily 8.10 a.m. also Tuesdays and Fridays at fa.2o p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8 p.m. Douglas —Daily, 6.20 p.m. Eltham —Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 1.25 p.m., and 5.40 p.m.

Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 1.25 p.m., and 5.40 p.m. Hawke’s Bay-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 а. and 1.25 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 0.20 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6.20 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, 6.20 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 6.20 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. Kioi-e—.Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, <l2O p.m. Kolniratabi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, 6.20 p.m. Lowgarth—Daily, 8 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily 8.10 a.m. and also Tuesday and Friday, 6.20 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6.20 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 1 p.m., and 6.20 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 6,20 p.m. Ngaere—Daily 8.10 a.m. and 1.20 p.m. Norhanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 1.20 p.m. Palmerston North--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 1.20 p.m, Pohokura—Daily.6.2o p.m. Puniwhakau—Wednesday and Friday, б. p.iu. Rowan—Dailv, 8 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 6.20 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6.20 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6.20 p.m. Tanrakawa—Friday. 6.20 p.m. Tututawa—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6.20 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 1.20 p.m. Waitarn—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 6.20 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 1.25 p.m., and fi,2o p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. Tahorn—Tpesclav Wednesday, and Saturday, fi.2o ri.ni. Whangamomona—Daily, 6,?n n ni. S. G. \NTON, Postmaa* ! <r.

mg:— N.Z. . Aus. U. \c S. cl. 9. cl. ■ H. (i. lib 0 3 0 8 :tt. 1 0 21b 0 di 1 2 1 0;Uh 0 6 1 8 1 0. 41b ,0 . 1\ 2 2 2 O' 1 51b 0 9 2 8 2 O' 61b 0 10 i 3 0 i 2 0 71b 1 0 , 3 8 2 0 Sib 91b .1 U: . 1 3 d 4 4 2 '8 *' .. t. 3 ' 3 0 0 0 101b : i 8 0 3 111b T 6 5 3 r 1 0

Australian States s U . d. -l i lier word Fiji 0 G per word Norfolk Island 0 G per word United States 2s Id to 2 8 per word Cape Colony 27 per word wn'd wl United Kingdom 2 8 per