POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 4, 5 January 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each loz. or fraction thereof, and i for 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 lid for each aucceeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, Jd; 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 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 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; . jver 2oz. as for "all other places." All >ther places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction id.

Registration.—2d additional for all places. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id •ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canida, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under \m. sent by first available route; over soz. sent by direct steamer only; un'ess specially addressed and paid at ate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each •ucceeding 2oz. All other places Id •ach 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, Christchurch, Dunedin. nvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmrston North, and Wanganui are open ill day and all night. The other Ex■luinges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for dolivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Ortfers. (By Post).—Pay-! ble in New Zealand, for each £5 or ■action of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, s; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6dj 15, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxiiiim £4O. United Kingdom, British 'o'ssessions, Canada, United States, lawaii and Germany, 3d for each£l i: fraction thereof. , (By Telegraph)— Vithih New Zealand, 3d for every £5 .r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee •f Is. Australia, at rate of postal ooney orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian states 0 4J per word 'iji 0 6 „ Norfolk Island 0 6 ' Inited States 2 4 to 2 3 " ape Colony 2 7 'nited Kingdom 3 0." (Signature and address counted as >art 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. )6uglas—Daily, 6 p.m. :itham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 .a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Jawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. iawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. htiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. [uiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. 'lurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Caponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. a iore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

<lay, 6 p.m. —Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Uakahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. ■Vow Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. NVaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Vormanby—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. Tuesdays arrl Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. ifowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. •^trathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Taho'ra—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wera—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. Wanjranui—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 anil 'Thursday 0 p.m. S. Q. STANTON, Pystm aster.

N.Z. Ans V.K. s. d. s. d s. d. 11) 0 3 0 3 1 n III) 0 'M* 1 2 1 0 .11) 0 6 ■ 1. 8 i o II) 0 7£ 2 2 2 0 .11) 0 9 2 8 2 0 lb 0 10* 3 2 2 0 lb". 1 0 3 '8 '2 0 Lb 1 "1| 4 2 3 0 lb 1 3 4 •8'' 3 0 nib 1 4J 4 8 3 61 illb 1 0 5 8 8 0