POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1914, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each ioz. or fraction tber&or, and J for taeh succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Jiiili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi•o, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, ' Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and 'ostal Agencies in Chinese Treaty 'orts, Id for each oz. or fraction hereof; all other places 2Jd for the rst oz. or fraction thereof, and lid ir each succeeding oa. or fraction hereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, Jd ; ro»lv, Id; all other places, single, Id; eply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books ind Magazines, not registered).—All .laces, id per 2oz. Magazines (regis»red), inland, id for every Boz. or raction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. r fraction thereof. Ono end must bo .'ft open. Commercial Papers,—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding .!oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id or each succeeding 2oz. All other >laces lOoz. 2id, and id for every adlitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Lnand, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; >ver 2oz. as for "all other places." All tlier places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all >laces. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, *d iach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canda, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, )range River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under toz. sent by first available route; over ! oz. sent by direct steamer only; un•>ss specially addressed and paid at ate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each ucceeding 2oz. All other places Id •aeh under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; nvato residences, £5 per annum, xchanges not continuously open, an (ual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, 'Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, avercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmrston North, and Wanganui are open '1 day and all night. The other Exhanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. ireels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed•ng—

Money Orders. (By Post). —Pay.!i!e in New Zealand, for each £5 or '.action of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, di..Samoa, and Tonya, £2. 6d ; £5, . ; £7, Js Cxi ; £U). 2s; £l2. 2s 6d : 15, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d. £"2O, 4s; maximal £lO. United Kingdom, British 'ossessions, Canada. United States, lawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 Fraction thereof. (Bv Telegraph) Vithin New Zealand. 3d for every £5 r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee r Is. Australia, at rate of postal • oney orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATE’S.

(Signature and address counted as urt ol tine message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Strat>rd. as under:— For—- \ uckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also. Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. arditf—Daily, 3.25 p.m. 'ouglas—Daily, G p.m. ill bam—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and G p.m. lavvera— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. iawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Iniakama—Daily, G p.m, iniroa—Daily, 6 p.m. lurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, ami Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. nglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., aud 6 p.m. \aponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. \lore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G p.m. Nohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. ; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. -owgartli—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. ahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. lain Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Uakahn—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, G p.m . ■I. id hirst—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, vgaire— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., aud G p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and G 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, G p.m.' Bowen—Daily, 3.25 p.m. ■much Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Itrathrnore—Daily, G p.m. i a bora—Tuesday, Wednesday. Saturday, G p.m., also Tuesdays and

Saturdays 9 a.m. 'ariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Paurakawa—Tuesday and Snturdav, !) a.m. ; and Wednesday, (i p.m. To Wera—Daily, 0 p.m. ioko—Daily, 6 p.m.: also, Tuesdav and Saturday, 9 a.m. I'ututawa -Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.in. ; Wednesday, 6 p in. Wairarapa--Daily. P.lO a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. iVnitarn-Daily. 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanfjanui— Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30

a m.. and 2.30 n.m Whangamomona.— Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.: also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. * *>. STANTON, ■t**JktuMUr :.

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