POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland (including Cook Islands). Id for ead loz. 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, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id 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. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers. —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 olaces lOoz. 2id, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, 4d first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All vfher places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id. 5 Registration. —2d additional for all places. Newspapers. —Town and Inland id each, United Kingdom, Australia. Can\da, Ceylon, India, Jamaica. Natal ''range River, South Sea Islands, ano Transvaal, Id each paper. If under

Boz. sent by first available rout: ; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only ; unVss specially addressed and paid at ate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each uicceeding 2oz. All other places Id 3a ch under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES.

Charges—At exchanges contmaousopep—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, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are op m dl day and all night. The othiu Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

' rv'or.oy Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New ‘Zealand, fof each £6 or fraction of £5, yd.. Commonwealth, ,'iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £ 2 , 6d; £5, .sj £7, Is 6dj £lO, 9s; £l2, 2s 6d ; :15, 3s ; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxinnm £4O. United Kingdom, British ■Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, Sd for each £1 .r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d tor every £5 ipr fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee >r Is. Australia, at rate of postal noney orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. e. d. Australian states 0 4J per word Fiji 0 6 ~ Norfolk Island 0 6 ” United States 2 4 to 2 3 ” Cape Colony 2 7 ” 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. Oouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. liawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. tlawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. iJuiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. iluiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, B.IU a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. bowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Aiahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Ruin Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Sal.urday, 0 p.m . M’idhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.iu. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.00 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 0 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.in., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura— Daily, 6.p.m. Puniwhaitau—Tuesdays and Saturdays * 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, o p.m. Bowen—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 1 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—J)aily, 6 p.m. I’ahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Satnrday, G p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Panrakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, G p.m. To Wora—Daily, G 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. 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 G p.m. Wanganui—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 p.m. Wli angamo mon a. —Tuesday. Wed n es. day, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. G. STANTON,

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