POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 27, 2 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each -loz. or fraction thereof, and 4 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 l}d for each succeeding oz;. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —Inland, single, id ; reply, Id: all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, Jd per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers. —Town (for accounts, etc., only) jd for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and Jd each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and \<\ for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2}d, and Jd for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, Jd first 2oz. or fraction thereof; aver 2oz. as for "all other places." All >ther places, Id first <loz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction £d. Registration —2d additional for all places. Newspapers. --Town and Inland, Jd each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange .River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and fd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and jd each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges — At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargili, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for dolivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

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I Money Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for each £0 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth. Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, G<l; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2 2s (k!; £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). MAIL NOTICES. Mails dose at the Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland-Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m." Douglas—Daily, G p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Eawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke'a Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. U'uiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also "Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kioro—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 0 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.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 ar.d Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirst— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Norman by—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Dailv, 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, b p.m.* Rowi.n—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, G p.m., also Tuesdays and

Saturdays 9 a.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, 0 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. Wairar'apa--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. Whan gam onion a.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. B. G. STANTON,

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