POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1, 22 April 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

; POSTAL RATES. Letters ana Le!.tar Cards.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each loss, or fraction thereof, and i foi oach sxicceedir.g 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 I'reaty Ports, Id for each m. or fraction thereof; all other places 23d for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ljd for each succeeding oa. or fraction thereof.

Post Cardi.—lnland, single, ltd; reply. Id; all other placer., single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ail places, id per 20y,. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per Eoz. or fraction thereof. One end must be lift open. Commercial Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., ouly) id for 2ozs., or id f "or first 4oh. and }d each Buoceading !oz. Inland, J.d for first ioz., and f;: or each succeeding 2ok. All othct places lOoz. 2Jd, and id for every 3dlitional 2oa. '.Open for inspection). Pattern and SampSe Packs's. —Inand, id first 2oa. or fraction thereof; >ver 2oz. as for "all other place.;." All >i:her places, Id first 4oz, every »d----litional 2oz. or fraction \d.

Reglutrailo?:.—2d additional for *!! places. New«6jasß(»s - «.—Tofl'c aad Inland, Jd >ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canida, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, "Irange River, South Sea Isk-nds, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under <oz. sent by first available route; over <oz. sent by direct steamer only ; un : ess specially addressed and pa«d at rate of Id for first 4oz. and jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other plaeeu Id A ach under 4oz. and id «ach extra 2oa.

TELEPHONES. CisargaJi—At exchanges contjcuousopen—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annual. Exchanges not continuously open, an charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christclmrcb, Dunedin, (nvercargiil, Napier. Hastinga, Palniarston North, and Wariganui are opea ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Domini an for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceeding—

ftfoney Orders. (By Post).-Pay. jble in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Cdj £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2 2s 6(2; Sls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; masinum. £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, •ltd for each £1 ;r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)—irVithin New Zealand, 3d fur every £5 >r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee if Is. Australia, at rate of posits) noney orders, plus telegraph charge. C&23LE RATES. a. d. Australian stated 0 4| par word Fiji OS ~ '-'orfolk Island 0 6 '" United States 3 4 to 2 S " 3ape United Kingdom 8 0 " (Signature and addreia counted «e part of the message). MASL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Gfik», Btr»t: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. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 &.m., 9.98 a.m.. 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Elawera— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.60 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.si., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Suiakama—Daily, 6 p.m., ffuiroa-r-Daily, 6 p.m. Surimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; alho Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.vA and G p.m. <pKaponga—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, »nd Saturday, 3.25 p.m. .VI a hoe—-Daily, 3.2-5 o.ra. Main Trunk—Daily," 8.10 a.m., 9.30; a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday fcnd Saturday, 6 p.rn . Midhirst—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. N T ew 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 ».m M 2.30 p.iu., and 6 p.m. Sformanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Ouniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, tj p.m." Rowi-n—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. ••Itrathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. lahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Fe Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—-Daily, 6 p.m.; also? Tuesdaj and Saturday, 'd a.m. Tututawa—-Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Wairarapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.3 U p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., | artd 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., {j.go J a.m., 2.30 p.m., and b' p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., I).;*?; a.m., ;ind 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wedncs. I day, Thursday and Saturday, at i 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Satur- I day »t 9 a.m. 1%, BTANTON, J

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