POSTAL INFORMATION.
POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for eacti 4oz. or fraction thereof, and id foi each succeeding 2oz, United Kingdom, J British possession. United Stares, 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; all other places 2\d for the j first oz. or fraction thereof, and lkl for each suceeding oz. or fraction thereof. Including War Tax \i\ additional. Post Cards.—lnland, single Id; all other places, single 1 Jd. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places Id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, ],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 kl each succeeding 2oz. Inland, l£d or first 40z., and Jtl for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 3d and kl 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 l£d first 40z., every acl- ! ditional 2oz. or fraction .kl. Registration.—2d additional for all places. War Tax.—id additional, is included in all the above. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, Jd each, United Kingdom. Australia, Can ada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River. South Sea Islands, and Transvaal Id"each paper. If under Boz. 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 kl for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id eaiA under 4oz. and .Ul each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christelmreh, Dunedm, [nvecargill, Napier. Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. and 5 p.m money orders, plus telegraph charge annual charge of £5. Charges.—At Exchange continuous ly open—Business establishments, £7, private residences £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, £o per annum. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominior for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-
$d additional war tax required oil each parcel. . • Money Orders. (By Post.)—liable in New Zealand for each £5 or ■fraction of £5, 3d: Co'mnbnw6alth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; „o, Is: £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s bd; £ls, 3s; £l7. 3s 6d, £2O 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £ I or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph) - Within New Zealand. 3d for every to or fraction of.£s, and a telegraph fee 0 f l s _Australia, at rate specified above with additional 4|d per word for telegram of advice and delivery foe Gel.
CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4| per word F jji 0 G per word Norfolk Island 0 (i per word United States 2s 4d to 2 3 per word Cape Colonv 2 7 per -void United Kingdom 2 8 per w>rd Tututawa— Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 0.20 p.m. Wairnrapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 1.20 p.m. Waitara— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., and G. 20 p.m. Wancramii—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 - a.m., 1.25 p.m., and 6.20 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. Taliora— Tuesday. Wednesday, and Saturday, 0.20 p.m. Whiin^ainomona—Daily, 6.20 p.'". 2d additional war tax required on each message. (Signature and address counted aspavt of the message).
ing:— N.Z. Aus. U.K. 8. d. s. d. 8. (1. lib 0 3 0 8 1 '0 | 21b 31b 0 4i 0 6 1 . 1 2 8 1 0 1 0 1 41b 0 7* 2 2 2 0 1 51b 0 9 2 8 2 0 1 61b 0 101 3 2 2 0 71b 1 0 3 8 2 0 3 0 81b i n 4 Q 91b 1 3 .. 4 8 3 0 101b 111b 1. 4*' 1 6 4 • 5 8 ■o : 8 ' 0 3 0
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4, 31 July 1918, Page 2
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674POSTAL INFORMATION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4, 31 July 1918, Page 2
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