POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 99, 29 December 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland (including Cook Islands). Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and i tor 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 ILJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.— lnland, single, id ; real v, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books aid Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, Jd for every Boz. or •fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. >r fraction thereof. One end must be left open. » Commercial Papers —Town (for acounts, etc., only) id 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. 2Jd. and id for every adiitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln.'.and, Jd first 2oz. or fraction thereof; aver 2oz. as for "all other places:" All ifcher, places, Id first 4oz, every adiitional 2oz. or fraction id. Ragistration 2d additional for all places. Newspapers.— Town and Inland, id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canda, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, >range River, South Sea Islands, and "ransvaal, Id each paper. If under '•oz; sent by first available route; over -oz. sent by direct steamer only; un;rs specially addressed and paid at ate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each uetoeding 2oz. AH other places Id ' -aeh under 4oz. and H each extra 2oz. ._n»w* 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, Vollington, Christchurch, Dunoihn, invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm•rston North, and Wanganui are open ill day and all night. The oilier Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.' PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for de- ' livery in Now Zealand, not exceeding— . . . ; ■ -•-..'■

! Money Orders. (By Post).— Payile in New Zealand, for each £5 or action of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, ii, Samoa,'and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, s; £7. Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; !,"), 3s"; £l7; 3s 6d,'£2o, 4s-,"rhaxii< .urn £lO. "United Kingdom, British ■ssessions, Canada, United States, lawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 v fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Tith'iu' New Zealand, 3d Tor every £5 : I' fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee " f Is. Australia, at rate of postal ~ioney orders,-- plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. s. d. ; ; ; :i : Australian states 0 4* per word ,<'iji 0 6 ,i Norfolk Island 0 6 " "lifted States 2 4'to 2 3 Jj a pe Colony 2,7 'nited Kingdom 3 0 . (Signature and address, counted as jitrt of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Sttatoid, as under: — For—kuckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m; ; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdavs, at 6 p.m. "ardiri—Daily, 3.25 p.m. 'ouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. •Itham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. la vera—Daily, 8.10 a.m u 9.50 a.m., , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. fawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. hiiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. ■iuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. fnglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. \iipohga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. .;ioie—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Koliuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. .owgurth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. ila'.iod—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. vlakahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . : id hirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. \cw Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. \V;iire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 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. \ilmerston North—Daily, S.lO a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. I'olipkura—Daily, 6 p.m. , L'uniwhakau —Tuesdays and Saturdays 0 a.m., and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. trnvan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. •vtrathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. iahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. I'ariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Tau rakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 Te Wcra— Daily, 6 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 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday 6 p.m. day and Thursday 0 p.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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