POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

0 I II ■■■■■!■■■» POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland ('including Cook Islands), Id for ea< ! oz. or fraction thereof, and i for iach 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 lid lor 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 ehd 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 Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other daces lOoz. 2)d, and id for every adiitional 2ozi (Open for inspection).' Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof : aver 2oz. as for “all other places.” All >thor places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places.

Newspapers. —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 !oz. sent by first available route; over ißoz. sent by direct steamer only; unless 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 continuousopen—Business £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 opev; all day and all night. . The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post)i—Ray ible in New Zealand, for each £o of ifaction of £5, 3d. Commonwealih /iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; : £b, ej £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Cd; ■J.S, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British ’ossossions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 •r fraction thereof. (By^Telegraph)— •Vithin New Zealand, 3d for every £b jr fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee h Is. Australia, at rate of postal •Sidney Orders, plus telegraph charge.',' CABLE RATES, ( , , ■ B. d. Australian states 0 4J per word •■'iji 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 0 p.m, Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Haw era—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 0.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 9.30 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. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kapouga—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. ho w garth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Maboe—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—Dhily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m Xgaire—Daily, ».lo a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—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, t> p.m. Rowan—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. I’ahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Satin - day, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m, I’ariki—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, 6 p.m. loko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. I’ututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, If a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Wairarapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waifara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., j and 6 p.m.

VV;*nj'anui—Daily, 8.10 a.ra., 0.30 a.m., 2,30 p.m., ami 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 am., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Tuesday and Saturday at 0 a.m. %

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