POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 17, 20 January 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland including Cook Islands), Id for each ioz. or fraction thereof, and i for mch succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 ago 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 2id for the irst oz. or fraction thereof, and lid or each succeeding oz. or fraction hereof. ... Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; re>ly, Id ; all other places, single, Id; eply 2d. v Printed Papers (including Books nd Magazines, not registered).—AH •laces, id per 2oz. Magazines (regiscrcd), inland, id for every Boz. or faction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. ,r fraction thereof. One end must ho eft open. Commercial Papers.—Town (for acounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id or first 4oz. and id each succeeding oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id >r each succeeding 2oz. All other daces lOoz. 2-id, and id for every aditional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inmd, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; ver 2oz. as for “all other places.” All (her places. Id first 4oz, every adit ional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for alii daces.

Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Cauda, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, (range River, South Sea Islands, ami Transvaal, Id each paper. If. under noz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; un'ess specially addressed and paid nt rate of Id for first loz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other plhces Id •ach under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES.

Charges—At exchanges continuousopeu —Business establishments, £7 j private** residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an jqual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland. Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedifl. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm irston North, and Wanganui are openill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for do , livery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payihlo in New Zealand, for each £5 or taction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, >'iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d ; £5, s; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; j. 15, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd, £2O, 4s; maximal £4O. United Kingdom, British ‘ossossions, Canada, United States, [awaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 >r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 ir fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee >f Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES.

qart of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratord, as under : For—lackland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Jardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Jouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. filtham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m.,

2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. iawera—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. iuiakama—Daily, G p.m. luiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. [lurimoaua—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. ug!ewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. tCapouga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. 'snore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. ■vohuiatahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 0 p.m. bowgarth—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 . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. \ r ew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., aud.G p.m. Ngaire—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. i’ohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. i’uniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 0 p.m. lowan—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. I’ahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. I’ariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. I'aurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday,

9 a.m.; and Wednesday, G p.m. I'o Wera—Daily, G 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 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday and Thursday G p.m. day and Thursday G p.m. S. G. STANTON, Pttatmaater.

N.Z. Ans TT.K. s. d. s. d. s, d. lib . 0 3 0 8 1 0. 21b 0 4* 1 2 1 0 «h 0 6 1 8 1 0 lib 0 7i 2 2 2 0 lib 0 9 2 8 2 0 51b 0 10i 3 2 2 C; rib 1 0 3 8 2 0 ilb 1 U 4 2 3 0 lib 1 3 4 8 3 0 ioib 1 4i 4 4 8 3 0 mb 1 6 5 8 ' 8 0

s. d. Australian states 0 4A per word Fiji 0 6 >1 \orfolk Island 0 6 yy United States 2 4 to 2 3 yy Cape Colony 2 7 yy United Kingdom 3 0 yy (Signature and address counted as