POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATEB. Letters and Letter Cards. —uu aid (including Cook Islands), Id for e;ub ioz. or fraction thereof, and 4 Cos each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom. British Possessions, United States Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi co, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portu guese Colonies, Siam, Servia, ami Postal Agencieß in Chinese Treatv Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for th arst oz. or fraction thereof, and l,a for each succeeding oz. or fractior '. hereof. Post Cards.— lnland, single, Jd; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id: reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Book*. ind Magazines, not registered).—All places, 4d per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, £d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, }d per 2oz. >r fraction thereof. One end must be eft open. Commercial Papers Town (for ac•ourits, etc., only) £d for 2ozs., or id or first 4oz. and J-d each succeeding ioz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and }d or each succeeding 2oz. All other >!aces lOoz. 2id, and 4d for every adiitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnaud, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; >ver 2oz. as for "all other places." All titer places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction £d. Registration —2d additional for all olaces. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, $d jach, United Kingdom, Australia, Can da, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, )range River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sont by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; un'ess specially addressed and paid at ate of Id for first 4os. and 3d for each mcceeding 2oz. All other places 16 ?ach under 4oz. and Jd each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7; orivate residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christehurch, DuUediu, fnvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm •>rst% North, and Wanganui are opes; all day and all night. The other Fs ■nanges chiefly from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post). Pitydde in Now Zealand, for each £ j or traction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, ttji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; ii s; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2 2s Sd: 215, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, is; inaxiii.iai £4O ; United Kingdom, British Canada, United St.-" .• • iwaii and Germany, 3d for each <„i fraction thereof. (By Teiegr.'-p , \ it-bin Now Zealand, 3d for &vacs i,t, r fraction of £5, and a telegraph ft. is. ..Australia, at rate of postal . .iiey orders, plus telegraph charge,

CABLE RATES. b. d. Australian stotei 0 per word "ji v 0 6 •Norfolk Island 0 6 " iiited States 2 4 to 2 3 " -'ape Colony 2 7 " United Kingdom 3 0 " (Signature and address courted as >art 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. IClLham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. tlawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke'e liay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Eiuiakama—Daily, 6 p.m.. iluiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Uurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. fnglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. ivaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 0 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Uahoe—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 . ilidhirst—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. tformanby—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.m., and 2.30 p.m. / Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, rj p.m. Rowj.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. Tah.Gr a—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. luriki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.j>. and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday. 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, G p.m.fp Wera —Daily, 0 p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuosdav and Saturday, 9 a.m. lututawa -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., an<) (5 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.rn Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m . 4.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednes. day, Thursday and Saturday, at i b' p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. « Q. STANTON,

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