POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 90, 16 December 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland [including Cook Islands), Id for each laz. *6r* fraction thereof, and \ f° l% 3ach succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States. Bhili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pern, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Porturijese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese. Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction hereof ; all other places 2]d for the ii-st oz. or fraction thereof, and Ud or each succeeding oz. or fraction hereof. ', Post Cards. —lnland, single, -Id ; re>ly, Id; all other places, single, Id; ■eply 2d. ' ; printed Papers (including Books. Hid Magazines, not registered).—All daces, id per 2oz. Magazines (regis-. ered), inland, id for every Boz. or 'faction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. •i- fraction thereof. One end must be eft open. Commereial Papers —Town (for acounts, etc., only) id for 20z5.,0r Id or first 4oz. and id each succeeding ’oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id or each succeeding '2oz. All other daces lOoz. 2]d, and id for every adiitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—Blind, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; ver 2,0 z. as for “all other places.” All ther places, Id first 4oz, every aditional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration 2d additional for all daces.

Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id ach, United Kingdom, Australia la,-Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, 'range River, South Sea Islands, and ransvaal, Id each paper. If under oz. sent by first available rente; over, oz. .sent by direct steamer only; un-

ss specially addressed and paid at ite of Id for first 4oz. and id for each icceeding 2oz. All other places Id ach under 4oz. and id each extra 2bz.

TELEPHONES. 'Charges— At exchanges continuousy open—Business establishments, £i ; irivate residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an quab Charge of £5. . 1 Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Jellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, uvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm•ston North, and Wanganui We open 1 day and all night. The other E\uingos chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PARCEL POST. 'arcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

11'. ,;, <i.i y 11.1, . . i Monay Orders. (By Post).—Payle in New Zealand, for each £5 or action i pf ;; I ji/iSamoa„v apd £2, 6d ; £5, : £7. Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; .5, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxinii £4O. United Kingdom,' British issessions, Canada,,.United States, awaii and Germany/ 3d for each £1 fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— ithin New Zealand, 3d for every £5 • fraction of £5, and a telegraph fpe tVIsG • Australia’,: aif irate of postal ■bney orders, plus "telegraph charge.

H -.hsH ‘ uC,ABLEuRATES. k>i( hu 1 ifva ..-wv wf-. <*• ustralian Staffs !■ '4i per word mi : V'o e „ ,'drfolk Island , . . 0 6 f ” Vhited States 2,4 to 2 3 ”

ape Colony ■. , ,27 ” lilted Kingdom 3 0 ” (Signature and address counted as irt of the message). 1 ' ' ,<

MAIL NOTICES. ; Mails close at, the Post-Office, Strat- . a - d, as under ; For—- ' uckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at (1 p.m. ;ardiff —Daily, 3.25 p.m. ouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. fltham —-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. awera—Daily, 8.10 a.m. a 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. awke’s Bay—Daily,' 8.10 a.m*;, 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. uiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. uiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. lurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m, agio wood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., ■ and G p.m. laponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. lore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Cohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. owgarth—Tuesday, Thursday 1 , and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. ahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. ain Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. akahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . idhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.in. err ‘Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.hi., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. gaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. formanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. ilmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m.,

9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p m. ohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. uniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays

9 a.pi., and Wednesdays, 0 p.m. owan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. nith lshind—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. trathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. ahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Satur-

day, 6 p.m. iriki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. aurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m:; and Wednesday, 0 p.m. 3 Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. oko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. utufawa— I Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. /airarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Vaitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and C p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Vellington—Diply, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Vhahgamdihbria—Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday 6 p.m. lay and Thursday 6 p.m. S. 0. STANTON, i’ostmaster.

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