POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 82, 27 March 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— 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 2*d for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and iid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Poat Cards.—lnland, single, ki; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papsrs (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, |d per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boa. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oa. or fraction thereof. One end must he left open. Commercial Papers— Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding voz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 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 rach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canida, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under •joz. 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 succeeding 2oz. All other places Id aach-under 4oz. and id»ach extra 2oz. ! TELEPHONE®. Charges—At exchanges oontinuousopen—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, 'nvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmwston North, and Wanganui are open ill day and all night. The other Exmanges chiefly from 9 a.ra. to 5 p.rn. PARCEL POST. f, arcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders., (By Poet).— Pay* ; bib in New Zealand, for each £5 or Taction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, 4 'iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, a; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; >ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maxiuuin £4O. United Kingdom, British !> ossessions, Canada, United States, Bawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 ;r fractiop thereof. (By Telegraph)— Vitkin New Zealand. 3d for every £5 ir fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee ■t Is. Australia, at. rate of postal nonoy orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES..

MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Strat;ord, 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. Kltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.33 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Haw era— Daily, 8.10 a.m., ®.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. Eluiakama—Daily, 6 p.m, tiuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Huriraoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also' Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. 'agiowood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Eapouga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kuhuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Low garth—Tuesday, Thursday,, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. \lahoe—■ Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main. Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Viakahu—Tuesday. Thursday and Sat-

urday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New nymouth—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. ’’form an by—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 ».m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. > Puaiwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, ti 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—Daily, 8 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 0 P-m., also Tuesdays and

Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and G p.m. Faurakawa—-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.in. Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Wairarapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.ni|., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and C 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, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. « *5. STANTON, >&‘4TO,a»lr'

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