POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. 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, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2td for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards,— lnland, 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, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. ur fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers. —Town (for accounts, otc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first loz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. AH other places lOoz. 2 id, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets,—ln land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof ; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id.

Registration.—2d additional for alt places. Newspapers, —Town and Inland id oach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canida, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available roufe; ovoi Boz. sent by direct steamer only; un'ess specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id jack under 4oz. and H 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, Dunedin Invercargill,i Napier, Hastings, Pain orstoh North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Fx changes chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PARCEL POST

Parcels posted in the Dominion for d«. livery in Now Zealand, not exceed ing—■

Money Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 oi fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5 is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions,' Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 8d for each £] 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 charge. CABLE RATES. b. d. Australian states 0 4$ per word Fiji 0 6 „ Norfolk Island 0 G ” United States 2 4 to 2 3 ” Cape Colony 27” United Kingdom 3 0 ” (Signature and address counted as part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close 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, 6 p.m. Fit ham—Daily, 8.10 a.ra., 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.in., and 2.30 p.m. Uuiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Hniroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tues’day, 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. Kapunga—Daily, 3.25 p.m, Iviore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays

and Saturdays 9 a.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Malice—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. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 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, Norman by—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 Wednesdays, P p.m." Rows-ii—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, 0 p.m., also Tuesdays and

Saturdays 9 a.rn. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Paurakawa—Tuesday aud Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, G p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday aud Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.rn. ; 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., aud 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at G p.m.; also Tuesday and Satur- i dav at 9 a.m. 1 0. Q. STANTON, Peaiauwt<>> \

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