POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 19, 22 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 lfd r'or each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.— lnland, single, Jd ; re•>]y, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books md Magazines, not registered).—All daces, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or Taction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. <v fraction thereof. One end must be left open. commercial Papers.— Town (for accounts, etc., only) Jd for 2ozs., or Id or first 4oz. and id each succeeding Joz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id r'or each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every ad litional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.— ln land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof, iver 2oz. as for "all other places." All ither places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.— 2d additional for all daces. .

Newspapers. —Town and Inland, £d :ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Can■da, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, (range River, South Sea Islands, am: Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; uness specially addressed and paid a* 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 continuous-

open—Business establishments, £7 , private residences, £5 per annum Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. • • Telephone Exchanges at Auckland Wellington, Christchurch, Dunediu Invercargill, Napier, Hastings. Palm erstbn North, and Wanganui are opoi all day and all night. The othor Ks changes chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for d. livery in New Zealand, not exceed ing—

Money Orders. (By Post).— Payible in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Vjjj Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5 : Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ei-5, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxiluim £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States. r lawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 .r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Vithin New Zealand, 3d for every £5 •r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee if Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian states 0 Q por word

(Signature and address counted as .>art 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. !)ouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m.,

2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. ftawera—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. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. fviore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. liowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and

Saturday, 3.25* p.m. Tahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. lain 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. \ T ew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Xgaire—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. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m.. and W°dnpsdays, ti p.m. Rowan—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. Tahora—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. 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 Satur-

day and Thursday 6 p.m day anil Thursday 0 p.m.

B. Q. STANTON, Postmaster.

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