POSTAL IMPORTATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 77, 21 March 1914, Page 3

POSTAL IMPORTATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters ami Letter Cardi.—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 Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first 6z. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Pout Cards.—lnland, single, Jd; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id: reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ah 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) Jd for 2oes., or id for first 4oz. and Jd .each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2£d, 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." Ail other places, Id first 4oz,.every adlitional 2oz. or fraction Jd. Registration.—2d additional for all places. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id 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 succeeding 2oz. AH other places Id each under 4oz. and id »ach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchureh, Dun.edin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, PalmOTston North, and Wanganui aro open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed?,

Money Orders; (By Post).—-Pay-able in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. CommonwealthsFiji,'Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, ij £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; -215, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; rnaxinum £4O. United Kingdom, BritishPossessions, Canada, United StateSj Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £7 >r fraction thereof. \By Telegr»p}') Within New Zealand. 3d for every to ir fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee )f Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE HATES.

part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Poet Offioe, Stratford, as under:— For—luckland—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., 0.60 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily; 8.10 a.m.," 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. 9uiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. fl'uiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. [nglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Saore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri- , day, 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. \fahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Vfain 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—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m.

Vgaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.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. runiwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays

9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 0 p.m. Rowj.n —Daily, 3.25 p.m. a.m., and 2.30 p.m. 3trathmore—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 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, 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 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Wkangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, -Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. . $ ■,% % STANTON,

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