POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 91, 17 December 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and 4 for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, 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 first oz. or fraction thereof, and ltd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, Jd per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must bo left open.. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All other places, Id . first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registratisn. —2d additional for all places. Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, 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 4bz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each, under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz.

TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges- not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion fbr delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—•>

*' Money Orders; (By 1 Poity.-Pay-I !bio in Now ..Zealand-,• -ffiHykieh r £3 ( or' 4>Actiuu' of' 1 ‘£s, 3d i: HSbnimomyealtJi, i 4 ’iji, Samoa I ,' and 'Tonga, £2',' M‘; £5, !¥: £7, Is 6d; ! £I0, 2s; £l2; 2s Gel;, £ls, 3s£l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £-10. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada-, - United States, Hawaii and Odrmany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof.. (By Telegraph)— Within Neiv Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and' a telegraph fee ,J >f I'S‘. “ Australia, at* rate of postal 'oMdri; change, j

' U iiUCU II.UIgUWUI V V' ;r[j (Signature and address counted as part of tlie message).- •' '— r MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under : . For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.ra. • - - • Cardiff—Daily, 8.25 p.m. Oonglas—Daily, 16 p.m.. Kltham—Daily, 8,10 a.m,, 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a,m u 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. rluiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, G p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kehuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Cowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. | Main Trunk— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, G p.m . Midliirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. .Vgaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. \ormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerstop North—Daily, B.IQ a.m., 9.30 a.’m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., arid Wednesdays, 6 p.m. ‘lowan —Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Lslund-V-Baily,; 8.10 a.m., 9t3Q ■*. ‘ ' a.m., and 3.30 p.ra. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, G p.m. i’ariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30, p.m., and 6- p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. fe Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., \ 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.in., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday 6 p.m. day and Thursday G p.m. B. G.. STANTON, Postmaster.

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