POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 86, 5 November 1918, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL HATES. Letters and Ld&ter Cards.—lnland /including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and id 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, Servian and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz, or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each suceeding oz. or fraction thereof. Including War Tax id additional. Post Cards.—lnland, single Id; all other places, single lid. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—-All places Id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, Id per 2oz or fracton thereof. One end must be left open. Including War Tax id additional. Commercial Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc,, only) 1 for 2ozs, or lid or first 40z., and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, lid or first 40z., and id for each succeeding ! 2oz. All other places, lOoz. B*d and id 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 lid first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. War Tax.—id additional, is included iii ail the above. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each, United Kingdom. Australia, Can ada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Oyange Riv.pr, ,l/dands, i; aud Transvaal Id each paper. If under. Boz. sent by first available route; oyer Boz. sent by direct steamer only: unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All,other places Id eacib under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invecargill, 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 Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

id required 9s. each pa'rhel. '' ’ _ ’, Money orders. (By Post.)— Payable in New Zealand for each, £5 or fraction.of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2e 6d; £ls, 3b; £l7. 3s 6d. £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 or friction thereof. (By Telegraph) Within New Zealand. 3d for every £6 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of is—Australia, at rate specified above with additional 4Jd per ' word for telegram of advice and delivery fee 6d. CABLE RATES. b. d, Australian States 0 4* per word Fiji 0 6 per word Norfolk Island 0 0 per word United States 2a 4d to 2 3 per word Cape Colony 2 7 per word United Kingdom 2 8 per word Tntutawa— Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6.20 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 ft.m.. and 1.20 p.m. Waitara—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 G. 20 p.m.

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