POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 20, 23 January 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for each loz. or fraction thereof, and i toi each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, .Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 age Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and 1 ortugueso Colonics, Siam, Servia. and Postal Agencies in Chinese '1 reimports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2UI for the lirst oz. or fraction thereof, and lad for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—-Inland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, id; reply 2d. . Printed Papers (including Looks md Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered). inland, id for every Boz. oi

fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. a- fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers. -Town (for ac■omits, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id ur first 4oz. ami id each succeeding .’oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and i<l or each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every ad lilional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.— -In bind, id first 2oz. nr fraction thereof; ivor 2oz. as for “all other places.” All ither places, Id first 4oz, every adiitional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.— 2d additional for ail places. Newspapers. —Town and id >ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canda, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, )range River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; ovei 8oz". sent by direct steamer only_; un- | less specially addressed and paid at ate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding ■ 2oz. All other places Id •ach under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz.

TELEPHONES.

Charges —At exchanges continuous

open—Business establishments, £< i private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland. Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are ill day and all. night. The other Ks changes chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. o Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payible iu New Zealand, for each £5 01 raction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth 'iii, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Gd; £5, , ; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; 15, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; ruaxiuirn £4O. United Kingdom, British ’ossossions, Canada, United States, lawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 <r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— '•/itliyi New Zealand, 3d for every £5 r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee f Is. Australia, at rate of postal coney orders, plus telegraph charge. '' CABLE RATES.

(Signature and address counted as tan of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratord, as under;— For— Vuckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 0 p.ra. lard iff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. tltham —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. lawora—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. fawko’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. luiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. luiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and

Saturday, 6 p.m. nglcwood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

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

day, 6 p.m. vohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. iowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. dahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. .Tain Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m.* dakahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . didhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. lew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. fgaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. tormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. 'almerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. ’ohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. ‘uniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, d p.m. iflwan — Daily, 3.25 p.m. loath Island —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, G p.m. ;'ahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, G p.m. ‘ariki—.Daily,.. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. I'aurakawa-t—Tuesday and Saturday, . 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, G p.m. !'e Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. r o ko—-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., 9.3 U 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 anil Thursday 6 p.m. B. G. STANTON, Pfisiraastor. ~j» •* , » >. tIiES

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\ustralian states s. 0 d. per word Fiji 0 6 „ \arfolk Island 0 6 Jnited States 2 4 to 2 3 Jape Colony 2 7 ’nited Kingdom 3 0