POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 98, 18 April 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Lftttws ami Letter Carsls.T-Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for each ioz. or fraction thereof, and \ in< each succeeding SJo?,. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago j Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, svid Port-u- , guese Colonies, Siain, Servia, and j Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each 02. or fraction thereof; all other places 2}d for the first ox. or fraction thereof, and 150 for each succeeding oz. or fractio;: j thereof. Past Cards.—lnland, single, £d; reply, id; all other places, single, Id : | reply 2d. 1 Printed Psp«ro (including Bookb. land Magazines, not registered).—Ail | places, ?d per 2oz. Magazines (regis- j tered), inland, «|d for every 80s. or ! fraction thereof. Foreign, per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One cud must be Ipft open. Commerolal Papers.—-Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2oee., or id j for first <ioz. and id each succeeding | L'oz. Inland, Id for first im., and .*- h>r each succeeding 2oz. All or':>r places lOoz. 2*d> and 'yd for every ad ditional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern anri S?.mp;e Paofcois*—"lnland, H first 2os. or fraction thereof: )ver 2oa. as for "all other places." Ail itJior places, Id first 4oz, everv adlitional 2ok. or fraction 3d. Registration.—2d additional for ».l! placea. M&wftpapgirf.—Town *nd Inland, £d each, United Kingdom., Australia, Can ada, Ceylon, India. Jamaica, Natal, Orange .River, South Sea Islands, aoti Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei <07.. sent-by first available route; ovei <oz. sent, bv direct steamer only ; :<:n iless specially addressed and paid ai i'rate of Id for first 4.05. and Jd for -each succeeding 2oz. All other places lo each under 4oa. and i<> *ach eitra / 2oa. TELEPHCH-uS, * Charges —At exchanges continnoußopen—Business oscaolishaitfiits, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not- continuously open, an ;quai charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Ckristchurch, Dunedin, (nvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Falm•rston North, and VVanganui are open ill day and all night. The other Exdianges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. 'areola posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, net exceeding—

iVJoney Orstoa, (By Post).—Fayible in New Zealand, for tiach £5 or faction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Piji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6cl; £5, 8; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd; 010, 3s; £l7, T>s 6d, £2O, '4a; maximum £4.0. united Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, Caifced States, Hawaii and Germany, 8d for each £1 >r fraction fcherooi. (By Telegraph)— kVithin New Zealand. 8d for every £5 jr fraction of £3, and a telegraph *feti if Is. Australia, at rat« of posta* none; orders, plug telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. 8. d. Australian state! 0 4$ p«w ?roro i»":ji 0 « Norfolk Island 0(5 United States § 4 to 2 3 Cape Colony 2 7 " United Kingdom S 0 " (Signature and address consiHsd aa ,mrt of the meaeag«).

MAIL MOTSCES, Mails close at the Post Office, Sferafcord, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, B.IP a.m.; aieO, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, '6.25 p.m. i)ougias—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 b.irf., §.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. flawora—Daily, 8.10 a.iu., $5.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. HFawke's Ray—Daily, 8.10 ».»., B.SO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. i-Tuiroa Daily, 6 p.m. Surimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, sua,-: Saturday, at 6,p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. [nglewood—Daiiy, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Kapouga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, b' p.ru. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 0 p.m.; air-o Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 o.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Vlakahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 tt.m., 9.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. S T gaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., D.iSO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p m. Nbrraanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daiiy, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturday b 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 0 p.m. Ltowui—Daily, 3.25 p.m. •Jouth Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Cahora—Tuosday, W ednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.50 p.m. and u p.m. faurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday. 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. i'e Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, t a.m.; Wednesday, 8 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 &.m,, 0.30 a.m., 2.3 D p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., ami 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. % % WANTON, 'i~»rjlHiiftl|C

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