POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 78, 23 March 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Latter Cards. —Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. of fraction thereof, and i foi 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 Chines© Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the tirst 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 every Boz. or fraction thereof/. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must bo 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 id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places 10oz. 2id, 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.” All other places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id. - 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 loz. sent by first available route; over loz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each ■mcceediug 2oz. All 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 ciiarge of £5. - ’ Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill,. Napier, Hastings, Palrawston North,-and Wanganui are opc", ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PARCEL POST. ’arcols posted in tha Dominion fox delivery in Now Zealand, not exceeding—

M( Money , Orders.* (By Post).—Pay ibio in Now Zealand, for each £5 or raction of £5, 3d. , Common.vealth, . fji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, t ; d; £5, •s; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2a od; -T6, 3s; £l7, 8s 6d, £2O, 4s; mhsiiium £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 8d for each £1 >r traction thereof.' (By Telegraph)--tVithin Now Zealand. 3d for every £6 >v fraction of £5, and a telegraph feo <t is. , Australia, at rate of postal uoney orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES.

(Signature and address counted as part of the message).

iMSL 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—Djaiiy, 3.25 p.m. Oouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltharn—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—- Daily, 8.10 a.m., 5.50 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. Huiakaraa—Daily, 8 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 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. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Vfakahu—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.m., and 2.30 p.m, .. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m.,, Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, d p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 | a.m., and 2.30 p.m. [.Strathmore—Diply, 0 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. To 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. j Wairarapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9,30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. •Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.26 p.m., I and 6 p.m. | Wanganui—- Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9,3!) a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m ! Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 j a.m., and 2.30 p.m. j Whiiiigamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. * *3. STANTON, * [ i

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