POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 13, 15 January 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

. o POSTAL RATEB. Letters and Letter Carcte.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and i tor each succeeding 2ofc. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 ago Pngo Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam. Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id" for each ot. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lja for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.— lnland, single, id ; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Boo ' <s j and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. - Foreign, id per Zoz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. • Commercial Papers —Town (tor accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for Erst 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; over 2oz. as for "all other places. All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction i d Registration.— 2d additional for an Newspapers.— Town and Inland, id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Cevlon, India, Jamaica, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Soz sent by first available route; over Soz' sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz.

TELEPHONES.

Charge*— At exchanges continuous'-*

open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at AucWantt, Wellington, Cliristchureh, Dunediu, Invorcargill, Napier, Hastmg« ; 1 aim. ersfon North, and Wanganw arc »pcn all dav and all night. The other exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to o p.m.

PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for do livery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post).- Payaide in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction: of £5, 3d. Common wealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £o, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s bd; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES.

(Signature and address counted as part of the message). i ,

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. Eltham—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. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and

Saturday, 6 p.m. Lnglewood—Daily t 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. Kaponga-Daily, 5.25 p.m. , Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day', 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and

Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and

Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahde—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 . 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 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 "p-m-. a nd 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 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Tamakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te 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. 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 t> p.m. B. Q. STANTON, Pttatuiaater.

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8. d. Australian states 0 4 J per wvrd Fiji 0 6 „ Norfolk Island 0 6 " United States 2 4 to 2 3 Cape Colony 2 7 " United Kingdom 3 0 "