POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 60, 12 March 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Card*. —Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 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 2£d 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 evory Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, |d per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be !eft open. Commercial Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding •Joz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for everj additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All other places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places.

Newspapers.—TWa and Inland, id eftch, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Pransvaal, Id each paper. If under Soz. sent by first available route; over sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id under 4oz. and id «ach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges continuous* open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. : nvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Pabu T.ston North, and Wanganui are open til day and all night. The other Fx"•hanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. I'areo's posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed ing—

Money Orders. (By Post).— Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth. Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5 is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s*6d, £ls, 35;.£17, 3a 6d. £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British ■t'ossessions, Canada, United Stato-. Hawaii and Germany, Bd»for each £1 <jr fraction thereof. (By Telegraph) Within New Zealand. 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee :i Is. Australia, at rato of posta' money orders, plus telegraph charge. tihULS. RATES. s. d. Australian stateo 0 4J per word Fiji 0 6 „ Norfolk Island 0 6 " United States 2 4 to 2 3 " Cape Colony 2 7 " United Kingdom 8 0 " (Signature and address counted as part of the message). MAIL NOTICEB. 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. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Eawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.SO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Euiakama—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 0 p.m. Kapong?—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. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Ma hoe— 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 n.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 6 p.m. Xgane-uauy, b.i.o a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normauby—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. Funiwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, b p.m. Rowt,n—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. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 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.u. Te Wera—Daily, 6 D.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m./ also, Tnesd and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, k v 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 0 p.m. Wanganui—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, a: 6 p.m. ; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. t % BTANTON, "^Jhnairtr"

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