POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6, 7 January 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and 1 tor each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States. Chili, Oosta Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 ago Pago Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, ami Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. , Post Cards.—lnland, single, Jd ; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. . Printed Papers (including Kooki ? tnd Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, jd for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. ir fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and Jd each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every adlitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln'and, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; »ver 2oz. as for "all other places. All .ther places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction Jd. Registration.—2d additional for all places. , Newspapers.—Town and 4<i •ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada. Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, )range River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under -.oz.'sent by first available route; over ?oz. sent by direct steamer only; uness specially addressed and paid at ate of Id for first 4oz. and Jd for each ucceeding 2oz. All other places Id ach under 4oz. and Jd" each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges continuous-

open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an jqual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, .Vellington, Christchurch, Dunedm, nvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palirt■rston North, and Wauganui are open II dav and all night. The other I'.xhang'es chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PARCEL POST.

'arcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

' 'Money Orders., (By Post).-^ ay-, : 'qlg mww ZeVldfltf, fof "each few .•jfetionrpS £5, 3d. . Commonwealth, . ili, and'Tonga','£*, WyHZ, s; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; ;15, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximm £lO. United Kingdom, British 'ossessions, Canada, United States, Fawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— V'ithin New Zealand, 3d for every £5 r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee f Is. Australia;, of postal .ioney orders, plus.telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES. Vu stralian ItfUa ■ I ff u.4| peak word

(l iji 0 6 ~ Corf oik Island 0 6 Inited States 2 4to 2 3 |j .'ape Colony '*•■ 8« l 7 J ..• 8 Inited Kingdom 3 0 (Signature and address counted as >ari of the message), MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Offce, Stratord, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. lardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. )ouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. lltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m.,

2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. lawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. lawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.m.,' - and 2.30 p.m. luiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. luiroa —Daily, .6 p.m. iurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and

Saturday, 6 p.m. inglewood—Daily! 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. vaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. viore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. 'vohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. iiowgarth—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. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-

urday, 6 p.m . Uidhirst—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. Vgaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.,

2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. \'ormanby-_Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. ;i almerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m.,

9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. "ohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. —Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Howan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. •Urathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. I'ahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 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, G 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 G 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 6 p.m. 8, Q. STANTON, Pestmaster.

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