POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6, 28 April 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Lettars and Letter Cards. —Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for era'll 40/j. or fraction thereof, and f 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, Sends, end 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 IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. rOSii Cards. —lnland, single, *<!; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, ?d per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for ©very Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be <>ft open. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. AU other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every additional 2oa. .(Open for inspection).

Pattern and Sanipia Baskets,—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All other places. Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction |d. (", Registration.—2d additional for sll places. Newspaper*. —Town and Inland, id lach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sentdby 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 each under 4oz. and id *aeh extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges chnlinuonaopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and" Wanganui are open ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p*m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money OrrJfii'3. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, lor each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, ls.6d; £lO, 2s; £l2. 2s 6<l, : 615, 3s > £l7, 8a 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States’, Hawaii and Germany, 8d for each £1 >r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— iVithin New Zealand. 3d for every £6 w fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee it Is. Australia, at rate of postal noney orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE HATES. t. d., Australian states 0 p*r word Fiji , o<3 „ Norfolk Island 0 8 ” United States 3 4 to 2 8 ” Cape Colony 2 7 ” United Kingdom 3 0 ” (Signature and address counted as part of the message).

MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post OlSee, Strafford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 n.m.; aHo, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 0 p.m. Cardiff—Daily,.3.2s p.m* Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0,28 a.ffi., 2.30 p.mi and 6 p.m. Hawera— Daily, 8.10 a.m., &.60 a.m., 2.30 p.rn., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay-Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 8.F.0 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m* Huiroa—Daily, fi p.m. Hurirnoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, r.n,’ Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m, Kapouga Doily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.rn.; 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., 9.50 a.m., and 2.30 p.rn. Maka.hu—Tuesday, Thursday sand Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m., and G p.m. New Plymouth-Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.rn,., 2,30 p.rn., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 *.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 &.m. # , 2.30 p.rn., and (5 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, S.lO a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturday & 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, B p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9 30

a.m., and 2.30 p.rn. Strathmore—Daily, 0 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 'B.IO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and (3 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, (3 p in. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 0 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., 9.80 a.rn., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 9.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m , 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., and 2,30 p!m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 0 a.m, % 9. STANTON,

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