POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 84, 30 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 lirst 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 'or first 4oz. and id each succeeding !oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., andio for each succeeding 2oz. All othei places lOoz. 2Jd, and id for every adutional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof, >vcr 2oz. as for "all other places." All rther places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id.

Registration.—2d additional for all places. Newspapers.—Town »nd Inland, id each, United Kingdom, Außtralia,Canida, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Grange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If tinder toz. sent by first available route; over 3oz. 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 i<l «ach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchangos continuousopen—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, Palm*rston North, and Wangar.ui are open ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcols posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post).—Pay ible in New Zealand, for each £5 or Taction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, ?iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5. is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2sj 6d ; 215, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee 3f Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE HATES.

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MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Pout Office, Sfcratt'ord, as under:— For—iuckland—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., 0.50 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. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m.. ffuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. fnglewood—Daily; 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Eaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohurataki—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.V 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makaku—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirpt—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. NTormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmarston North—Dady, 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, 8 p.m. Rowi-n—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 0 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., 2.30 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. |» % eT4M<ON,

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ii. d. Australian states! 0 4J per word Fiji 0 6 M Norfolk Island 0 6 United States 3 i to 2 3 " Cape Colony t - 2 j tt United Kingdom 8 0 " (Signature and address counted as