POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 93, 19 December 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. *

Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each ■loz. or fraction thereof, fend J for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 ago 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 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and 1-kl 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, £d per 2oz. Magazines (registered)', inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only) £d 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. 2|d, 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. Registration. —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 3oz. sent by first available route; over SozV 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 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, Christehurch, Dunedin, ibvereargill, Napier, Hastings, PalmVrston North, and Wangamii 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 for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding— *

i. XIU JL V < 1/ W U V Money Orders, (By Post). —PayiMe in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction. of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £o, !<?•': £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gel; £.15, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd, £2O, 4s; maxi■num £lO,. United Kingdom, British Possessions,. Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each-£1 or fraction tliereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian states 0 4| per word

(Signature 1 and address counted as pa i t of the message).

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.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. * v ' Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Elfcham—Daily, S.lO a.m.. 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m.,, 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawked Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 '"~a.ni.,' and 2.30 p.m. liuiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. tlniroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Uuriinoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. iviore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi —Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. ,Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Alain Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Alakahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday' 6 p.m . and G p.m. , New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. >-- Xgaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., **" ' 2.30 p.m.,'and. 6 p.m. .^ Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m.',' 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m.. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m.,

... 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. iVaokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Pimiwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays "9 a.m., and Wednesdays, G p.m. •Jowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. -Urathmoro—Daily, G p.m. Pahora —Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Pariki—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Paurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. : and Wednesday, G p.m. To Wera—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 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.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday G p.m. day and Thursday G p.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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