POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 96, 16 April 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL BATES. Letters and Lsttf-? Cards.—lnland (including Cook Islands), id for each ■W,. or fraction thereof, and I for each succeeding 2oa, United Kingdom, British Possessions, Unßed Rtatos Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Fortin, gueso Colonies, Siam. Servia, nr.c Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Forts, id for each oa. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.— lnland, single, Jd; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books ihd Magazines, not registered).—Ah places, Jd -.per 20/. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Soz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, 3rd per 2m. or fraction thereof. One end must be 4>ft open. Commercial Papers.—Town (for sc counts, etc., only) id for &)Z3., or h; for first ion. and id each stxccoedins !oz. Inland, Id for first 4 0z., and id Mr each succeeding 2ok. All other Maces 1 Ooz. and id for every ad 'litional 2oz. (Open for Insptvetioa). Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln’and, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; >ver 2oz. as for ‘‘all other places.” All •nlier places), Id first 4oz, every ad litional 2oz. or fraction Jd. Registration.—2d additional for sP places. Newspapers.—Town sud Inland., j<J each, United Kingdom, Australia, Car. wla, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undet loz.. sent by first available route; over roz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid «F rate of Id for first 4oz. and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id -iach under 4oz. and id oach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, »i. ;qual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmwston North, and Wanganui are open ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 ».m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery ru New Zealand, not exceeding—

Mor.oy Ord«rs. (By Post). —Pay ibie in New Zealand, for each £5 or Taction of £a, 3d. Commonwealth, fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2. 2s 0x1; 515, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, -£2O, 4s; masinuiu £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States. Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 )r fraction thereof. (By Teiogiaph)— Within New 'Zealand, ikl for every £5 >r fraction cf £5, and a tolograph foe st Is. Australia, at rate of postal noney orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATEB. a. d. Australian statsss 0 par word Fiji 0 G ~ Norfolk-Island 0 ri ” United State;? 3 4 to 2 3 ” Cape Colony 2 7 ” Onited Kingdom 3 0 ” (Signature and addreaa counted a& part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close bk the Post Office, Str*4'ord, a? under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, und Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m, Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a».m., 6.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. aud G p.m. Haw era—Daily, 8.10 a.m., h.cO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 s.sa., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 0 p.m. Dii»-oa— Dailv, G p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, an.i Saturday, at G p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 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, 2.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.SO 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.. ami 0 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 s.m., 2.30 p.m,, and G p.m. Norm an by—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.a: . 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. Pimiwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 0 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 I a.m., and 2.30 p.m, Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. fahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Teriki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.50 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, G p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.rn.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Wairarapa- -Daily, 8.10 s.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.rn. 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. Whangamociona.—Tuesday, Wednes. i day, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. ® H. STAN TO N", 'f'yy^msusir'

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