POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 76, 20 March 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Latter Card*.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. 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 Agencieß in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2£d for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ljd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Jd; 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, Jd 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 jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; sver 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.—Town and Inland, |d each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over !Boz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each mcceeding 2oz. AH other places Id aach under 4oz. and id «aclrextra 2m. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges continuous open—Business establishments, £7 private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, av. equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland. Wellington, Chris tehurch, Dunedin, Tnvercargill, Napier,. Hastings, Palraerston North, and Wanganui are open 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 Poafc).—Pay-, able in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, (id; £5, ca] £7, Is (id; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; ■CIS, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, Sd foe each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand,, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee rf Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. GABLE RATES. s. d. Australian states 0 4$ per word Fiji 0 6 „ Norfolk Island 0 6 " United States 3 i to 2 3 " Cape Colony 2 7 " United Kingdom 8 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. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 5.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 D.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10%.m., 0.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m M Q.BO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Euiakama—Daily, 6 p.m< Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, smd 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. Kaponga—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., 9.80

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—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. 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.im, and 2.30 p.m. Pohokuia—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowui—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Dady, 8.10 ».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., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p,m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday, (5 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 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 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, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at .9 a.m. % 1. STANTON, ' - < • "

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