POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 94, 20 December 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

*p OSTAL rates.

Letters* and Letter Cards.— lnland including Cook Islands). Id for each loz. or fraction thereof, and J ioi 'ach succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Mali, Costa Kica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi■o, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, I a S° I’ago, Paraguay, Portugal, and I ortuColonies, Siam, Servia, and "’ostal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction ■hereof; all other places 2)d, for the irst oz. or fraction thereof, and l,d or each succeeding oz. or fraction hereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, pi; rely, Id; all other places, single, Id; eply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books nil Magazines, not registered).—All daces, id per 2oz. Magazines (regisored), inland, pi for every faction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. i- fraction thereof. One end must be oft open. Commercial Papers —Town (for acounts, etc., only) pi for 2ozs., or Id or first 4oz. and id each succeeding oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id ■or each succeeding 2oz. All other daces lOoz. 2id, and id for every aditional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln;ncl, *d first 2oz. or fraction thereof; ver 2oz. as for “all other places.” All (her places. Id first 4oz, every aditional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id uh,'United Kingdom, Australia, Canla, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, '(range River, South Sea Islands, and fansvaal Id each paper. If under nz. scut by first available route; over oz. sent by direct steamer only; miss specially addressed and paid at ite of Id for first 4oz. and id for each icceeding 2oz. All other ach under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz.

TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges continuous y open—Business establishments, £i irivate residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an qual charge of £3. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, ivcrcargill, Napier, Hastings, J alrn-

•ston North j and Wanganui are open 1 day and all night. The other Exiianges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

li, v, , ■ n 5)51} ■ M :> ,eE.I >l< ' ' Mbnajj : Ojrtetp., (JJyr-. tPoBt)-Tx^a tv- ■ le'in ■ • of £5, 3d. . Commonwealth, •L Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d j £5, £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s ; £l2, 2s 6d; wt: ..5, :is £l7, 3s. (id,..£20, 4s*.majyj:j m £lO. United Kingdom, British •isscssions, Canada, United States, iawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— btiHun 'NerooZeqland, 3d; for ewery £o ■ fraction of £5, and a telegraph, fee h 15.,, iAnstvatia;h*aft. u ra*o'HJf ai'poßl&li mev, orders, plus telegraph charge. " pt " !(M VI? 3 7, i>iill j I.oi • •, ir- CABLE

(Signature and address counted as lit of the message).

MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Strat;rd, as under:— ‘ ‘ For—uekland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. udiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. 'ouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. It ham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. awera —Daily, 8.10

2.30 p.m., and C p.m. awke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. luiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. iuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. furimoana— Tuesday, Wednesday, and

Saturday, 6 p.m. n OA nglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. \aponga —Daily, 3.25 p.m. Core—Monday, Wednesday, and In-,

day, 6 p.m. ohuratahi —Tuesday, Wednesday, and

Saturday, at 6 p.m. -owgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. lahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. laiii Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. lakahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-

in-day, 6 p.m . lidhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 9.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.rn. now Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. <gairc—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m.,

2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. ’almerston 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.m., and Wednesdays', 6 p.m. lowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. loath Island-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. ■Orathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. I‘ahora— Tuesday, Wednesday, Satur-

day, 6 p.m. Tariki— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. , ~ , . I’aurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 0 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa— Tuesday and Saturday, J a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Waivarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.ni.> j*o\j

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., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona —Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday 6 p.m. day and Thursday fi p.m. S. G. STANTON, I’pstmastor.

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