POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 46, 19 September 1918, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

! POSTAL RATES. i ' Letters and Le'r.ter Cards.—lnland (including Cook islands), Id for eacn 4oz. or fraction thereof, and id foi each succeeding 2ok, United Kingdom. British possession. Dinted Slater, 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 piaces 2sd for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ljd for each suceeding oz. or fraction thereof. Including War Tax id addi tional. ! Post Cards.—lnland, single Id; n 1 ■ other places, single ljd. Printed -Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places Id per 2oz. Magazines (regis tered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. i<'-.reign. Id per 2o> or fractal thereof. One end must he left open. Including War Tax id ad ditional. Commercial Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only) 1 for 2ozs, or l£d or first 40z., and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, lid or first 40z.. and h<\ for each succeeding 2oz. All othei places lOoz. 3d and |d for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln land, Id first 20v.. or fraction tliereof: over 2oz. as for "all other places." All other places Hd first -loz., every additional 2oz. or fraction id. . Registration.—2d additional for all places. War Tax.—id additional, is iii'-ludpd in ;'H the above. fi«t-*Kpap*!rs. —Town* ami l.ilunn, io end., t ini,e.l Ivmgdom. Australia, Gun a.ia,-Legion, l.idia, Jim,,ik.i, Natal, Orange River, S'-ulli Soa Islands,'and Transvaal Id each paper. If uudei So/., sent by first available route; over rtosi'. bent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed a:id paid at iate of Id for first 4oz, and id for eaci MKceeding 2oz. All other places Id I'Mcij under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz TELEPHONES. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, InveoargtU, Napier, Bastings, Palmeiaton North, and V.'atigariui are open all day and all night. The other Ex- ! changes chielly from 9 a.m. and 5 p.m 1 money orders, plus telegraph charge annual charge of £5. | Charges.—At Exchange continuous ly „pen—Business establishments, £7. private residences £5 per annum.. Exchanges' not continuously open, £5 l>er annum. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominior for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceed-

ed additional war tax required on each parcel. : Money Orders. (By Post.)— layable in New Zealand for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, bu; £o, Is; £7, Is tid; £lO, 2s; £l2. 2s bd; £ls, 3i; £l7. 3s 6d. £2O 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United State* Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £.l or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)Within New Zealand. 3d for every L> or fraction of £5, and a telegraph tee 0 f is_Australia, at rate specified above with additional l}d per irord for telegram of advice and delivery fee 6d. * _— - CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian Stater 0 i\ per word I,'ijj 0 b' per woru I Norfolk Island 0 G per word ! United States 2b Id to 2 3 per word Cape Colony 3 7 per^ord , United Kingdom 2 8 per Wild

I'ututawa— Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 0.20 p.m. n Waiiarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. and 1.20 p.m. Waitara— Daily, 8,10 a.m., 1 p.m., and b\2o p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 1.2 b j».m., and 6.20 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. I ahora—Tuesday. Wednesday, and Saturday, 0.20 p.m. '•nugamoinona —Daily, 6.20 p.m. 2d additional war tax required on »ach message. (Signature and address counted ns I in.. 1 of the message). MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Post Ollice, Stratford, as under:— l' nr — Auckland—Daily 8.10 a.m.. also luesdays and Fridays at (3.20 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6.20 p.m. ! 101 tham—Daily. 8.1.0 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., *>nd 5.40 p.m. iHawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.m. and 1.25 p.m. Huiakana—Daily, 6.20 p.m. rTuiroa- Daily, 6.20 p.m. Hurimoa. a—Tuesday, Wednesday and .Saturday, 6.20 p.m. Inglewood—Dailv, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 6.20 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. Kiore—Mondnv. Wednesday, and Friday, 6.20 p.m. Kohurntalii—Tuosday, Wednesday and Snturtlnv, 6.20 p.m. New Plymouth— Daily, » 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 6.20 \>.m. Ngaere—Daily 8.10 a.m. and 1.20 p.m. Norbanby—Dailv, B.lo'am., 9.30 a.m.,

and 1.20 p.m. Palmerston North—Dailv, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 1.20 p.m. Pohokurn—Daily,6.2o p.m. Puniwhakan.- Wednesday and Friday, 6.20 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8 p.m. South Island—Djmlv, 8.10 a.m. and

9.30 a.m. Tariki—Dailv, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 6.20 p.m. Strath more—Daily, 6.20 p.m. Taurakawa—Friday. 6.20 p.m. Lnwgarth—Daily, 8 p.m. MVdiofl—Daily. 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Dailv 8.10 a.m. and also

Tuesday and Friday, 6.20 p.sn. Mnkahn—Tneadav. Thursday And Safcurdav, 6.20 n.m. Midhirnt.—'Daily. 8.10 n.m.. Ipm, and 6.20 p.m. S. G. STANTON,

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