POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12, 14 January 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Carts.— lnland (including Cook Islands) Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and * tct each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa. Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, ra&o Pago Paraguay, Portugal, and x ortucruese Colonies, Siam, Soma, and 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 lUt for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. , , . , Post Cards.— lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id ; reply 2d. n , Printed Papers (including isoo ' c s •ind Magazines, not registered).—Ah places, per'2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz extraction thereof. Foreign, Jd per -oz. 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 4oz , and ,d : or each succeeding 2oz. All other places 10oz. 2£d, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof: over 2oz. as for "all other places. All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction $. Registration 2d additional for all Newspapers. —Town-and Inland, id •\ich United Kingdom, Australia, Canida,; Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Soz sent by first available route; over *oz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each uicceeding 2oz. All other places Id >ach under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz.

TELEPHONES.

Charges— At exchanges continuous-

o p 6 establishments, £< ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, r nvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm•rston North, and Wanganui are open ,11 day and all night. The other I'xchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PAHCEL POST. ,'avccls posted in the Dominion for delivery iu New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post).-~Pay-ible in Now Zealand, for each £5 or Taction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, i<'iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Gd ; £5, !a: £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6(1; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxicum £40." United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 w fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New "Zealand, 3d for every £5 .r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee )f Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES.

(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. Oouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Kitham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m.,

2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Sawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Muiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. [luiroa—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. lviore—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. 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 Saturday, 6 p.m . Midliirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. N T ew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. \ T gaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.,

2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Xormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. I'ohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays

9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan>—Daily, 8.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. lariki—Daily, S.lO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Paurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, G 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 G 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 G p.m. S. G, STANTON, Postmaster.

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