POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 39, 16 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Latter Cards.—lnland (including Cook 4oz. or fraction thereoi, 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 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ljd 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. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Paper3.—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All ither places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction id. registration.—2d additional for all places. fSewspapers.—Town and Inland, id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, '.)range River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under 80/..'sent by first available route; over 180/.. sent by direct steamer only; unjless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges oontinuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; on, .to residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal'charge of £O. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, •nvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm'ustpn North, and Wanganui are open dl (iay and ail night. The other Exchanged chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for'd"livery in New Zealand not exceeding—

n loney. OrcSeis. (By Post).—Payfi bio in Now Zealand, for each £5 ot fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth (Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5. iu; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; £ls, 3s; £l7. 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, Britisl Possessions, Canada, United States. Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)- - Within New Zealand, 3d for every £o or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fool Is. Australia, at rate of postai irtoney orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES.

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MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Poat Office, Stratford, aB 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. Kith am—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 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'a Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.8 Q a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—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. Inglowood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. i-owgarth—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. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Ngaire— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Norraanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palraerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Fohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puv.iwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and "Wednesdays, b p.m. Rowt.n—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, B.IQ a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, ti p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Satur- ; day, 6 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. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko —Daily, 6 p.m. ; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa —Tuesday and Satxirday, 9 a.m. ; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Wairarapa- -Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Wai tar a—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., iunl 6 p.m. Wnnganui—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, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. * <*. STANTON,

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