POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 61, 13 March 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnlaad (including Cook Islands), Id for eao'j 4oz. or fraction thereof, and £ 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 Traaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2£d for the lirst oz. or" fraction thereof, and Igd 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 •aid Magazines, not registered).—Al! oluces, 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. Cdnutrisrcial Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id ior first 4oz. and id each succeeding ioz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and £d tor each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2Jd, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." Ali >t.her places, Id first 4oz, every* adit tional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration—2d additional for ail places. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id >;ieh. United Kingdom, Australia, Can--4(3:1,, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under 'ioz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; uncss specially addressed and paid at ate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each • ucceeding 2oz. All other places Id ach under 4oz. and id «ach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges oontmuousopen—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, Palmfr'ston North, and Wanganui are open, till day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Domimoji for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Or iters. (By Post).—Pay able in Now Zealand, for each £5 oi fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth. Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £O. ,s; £7, Is Cd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; '£l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxinum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 ir fraction thereof. (By Telegrapb)---' vVithin New Zealand. 3d for every £5 )i fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee rf Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE HATES. a. d. Australian statei 0 4|per word 0 0 „ Norfolk Island 0 6 " United States 2 4 to 2 3 " Cape Colony 2 7 " United Kingdom 8 0 ".. (Signature and address oouited as part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Htrs.s- - as under:— For—.lackland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—r Daily, 6 p.m. Elthain—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke'i Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. iiuiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. jHurimoana —Tuesday, Wednesday, ami Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tues- ! days and Saturdays 9 a.m. .inglewood—Daily, 8.10 p.m., and 6 p.m. iKaponga—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. Mahoe—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.iu . Midhirst--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., a and 6 p.m. Wew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, ! iNfgaire—Daily, 8.10 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. Pobokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, b p.m.* Rowai—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.m. Te Wora—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesdaj and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; Wednesday, 6 p.m. VVairarapa--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 6 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.Bij

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednes. . day, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. %

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