POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 97, 24 December 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4bz. or fraction thereof, and i 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, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz., or fraction thereof; all other places 2.jd for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid 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, id 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) Id for 2ozs., or Id for first Joz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first Jo/.., and id for each ‘succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2Jd, and id for every adlitional 2oz. (Dp,on for inspection). Pattern . and Sample Packets.— Inland, id’ first 2oz. dr fraction I'n'teM ; lyer 2oZ; as for “all other places. " All )(her places. Id ‘first Joz, every ad-, ditiorfal ,2oz, or fraction ,sd.. , l , ' additional fpr a,ll ofaccs. . .

C Newspapers.— Towp 1 arid inland, Jd baeh,jllniied Jvi'ngdorh, ’AtiithiliA,'Canada, iCeyldn,i India; Jamaica, Natal) Orange River; .South Islands, jand Transvaal [l<,l, yach paper, If updyjr Soz, Sent by first availably I’oute.; over ioV,. sent Tiy' direct st'camer ‘only ; ‘unless specially* addressed 1 Wild' 'pLi<l l tftf vale cif Id folnfirstUovirand Id for daeh succeeding . 2oz. All other places Id each under loz. and, Jd each extra 2oz.

, TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; prjvate,,residents, £5.0 per/ ~annum. J'ixghainges oper),,.an equal i charge of-«JES 1 Telqphone Exchanges' at Auckland, W'djiiigtowf »»--€*bri itolmwlvsAhuMtli %'.] Invordargill,,, Napier, ..JJftstiflggL erston North, and open ;\ll, day f Tjie changes -j j PARCEL POST^ Parcels posted in Hie Dominion for delivery 'ln'Now 'Zekland^.nbt^b^bed-'

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, 2s 6d; £lo, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £40., United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £o, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge, i CABLE RATES. C 3

(Signature and address counted as part 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. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 9.23 a.m.,

2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 alm.j, 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m., Hurimoana—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. Kiore—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. Mahoc—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, 6 p.m . Midbirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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