POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1, 31 December 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES, Letters and Letter Cards.-Hnland 'including Cook Islands) Id for ei l c ' foz. or fraction thereof, and i lor each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United btates, Jhili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi•o, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 a S° 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 irst oz. or fraction thereof, and 1?« For each succeeding oz. or fraction .'hereof. . , Post cards. —lnland, single, sa; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; eply 2d. u 1 Printed Papers (including Rooks nd Magazines, not registered).—All daces, id per 2oz. Magazines (regisered), inland, id for eve>y Boz. or taction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. r,’fraction thereof. One end must be oft open. Commercial Papers —Town (for acotyits,' etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id or first 4oz. and |d each succeeding oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id >r each succeeding 2oz. All other daces lOoz. 2id, and id for every.aditional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. In•md, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; wer 2oz. as for “all other places. All I her places, Id first 4oz, every aditional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.— 2d additional for all Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id mil; United Kingdom, Australia, Can.da, Geylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, i,range River, South Sea Islands, and ransvaal. Icl each paper. If under oz. sent by first available route; over I ‘oz’. sent by direct steamer only ; un'specially addressed and paid at ■ Re of Id for first 4oz. and id for each iccecding 2oz. All other places’ Id ,ich under 4oz. and id each extia 2oz.

TELEPHONES.

Charges —At exchanges continiloitslv qpen—Business establishments, £7 ; orivat© residences, £5 per annum. not continuously open, an liial charge of £5. felephone Exchanges at Auckland, Vellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, nvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmrston North, and Wanganui are open 1) day and all night. The other Ex■hanges chiefly from 9 a.m, to 5 p.m.

PARCEL POST.

’arcels posted in fhe Dominion for livery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

. Money, .Orders. (By: ,1q in New■ Zealand, for ealch. £5 >ort 1 action 1 of if 5,3 d. Commonwealth, ii, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; . 15, 35.; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxima £lO. United Kingdom, British Canada, United States, inwaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— vatHiW^ew”Zealand,.,§4 .for eyeryj £5. 1 pr'.fm'tlorFof £s,’. and a telegraph fee -f Is. Australia'!, ait, rate of postal I plug telegraph chkrge. CABLE RATES. - ! ;| . s. d. , . uistrklia’n states ~, 0 4|per word ■h’iji , ..i i .06,. • • /or fplk.-.lalaud 1 0 6 pi ited States 2 4to 2 3 ” 'ape Colopy 2 7”' ’lifted Kingdom 3 0 (Signature and address counted as jar t'of the message)..

MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratord, as under:— For— Vuckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. 'ardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Jouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. iltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. fawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m.j. 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. lawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.mV, 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. • luiakama—- Daily, 6 p.m. Juiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. flurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and ‘Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. -vaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kioro-Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kpjiufg^ahi-^-Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m, .’.owgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. \hihne—- 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 . Midhirst—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 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 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. Pohokura—Daily. 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 6 p.m.' Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore^—Daily, 6 p.m. Inborn —Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.rm, 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Taurakawa—-Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. 5 and Wednesday, G p.m. Te 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.rn., 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.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday G p.m. day anil Thursday G p.m. S, Q. STANTON, i Postmaster.

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