POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 7, 29 April 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL BATEB. L*?t«ra am! Letter Csr^s. —InlAirtd (including Cook Islands), Id for each io'A. or fraction thereof, and k for each succeeding 2oa. 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 its. Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each ok. or fraction thereof; all other places 2*d for the first 07.. or fraction thereof, and H<j for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Card*.—lnland, single,-id; reply, Id; ail other placed, single, Id; reply 2d. Printsjsj Papers (including Boolii? and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oa. Magazines (registered), inland, 3d for every 807,. or fraction thereof. Foreign, }d per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be if*ft open. Commercial Papers.—Town (for ar•ounts, etc., only) Jd for 2oze., or Id for first •toz. and \d each succeeding ioz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and ~<l "'or each succeeding i?o.«. All other places lOoz. 2Jd, and id for every adiitional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sampla Packets^—Lnand, id first 2o». or fraction thereof; >ver 2oz. aa for "all other places." All )ther places, Id first 4oa, every odlitional 2oz. or fraction sd. Registration.—2d additional for all >laces. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, §d well, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If una zx •ioz. sent by first available route; over ioz. sont by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and pair! at rate of Id for first 4oz. and jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id ?aeh under 4oz. and jd «aeh extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges oontinuoaeopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £O. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedm, fnvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Paimarston North, and Wanganui are open dl day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion lor delivery in Now Zealand, not exceeding—

Monay Orders. (By Feet).— Psvyible in New Zealand, lor each £5 or fractiou of £5, iki. Commonwealth, f iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, ~s; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; 015, 3s; £l7, 8s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, linited States. lawaii and Germany, 3d for esjch £1 >r fraction thereof, (.by Telegraph)— tVithin New Zealand. 3d for every £o jr fraction of £5, and & telegraph fee vi Is. Australia, at rate of postal nonoy orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE HATES. «. d. Australian stated 6 4$ p*i- word Fiji 0 8 „ Norfolk Island 0 8 United States i 4 io 2 8 Cape Colony 2 7 " United Kingdom 3 0 " (Signature and address ooustod &t> part of the message). MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Poet Gffica, Stratford, as under:— For—lackland—Baity, 8.10 a.m.'; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 D.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 n.m., 8.3 S a.m., 2.30 p.m. and fi p.m. Sawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.50 ft.m., 2..'30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawke'a Bay—Daily, 8.19 a.si., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Suiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. iTuiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. Huriir.oana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; aiao Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. fnglevvood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m. ; and 6 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, 3.25 D.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. N'ew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.ra, 12.15 p.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngairo— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 o.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6" p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and (i p.m. Palmerßton North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 8 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturday*, 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, o p.m. Etows-n—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—-Daily, 8.10 sv.m., 9.3 b a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Sfcrathmore—-D.tiiy, G 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 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday. 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, (3 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m. ; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 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, 6.10 a.m., 3.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, B.lu a.m., 0.3 i. a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednes., day, Thursday and Saturday, at j 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Satur- I day at 0 a.m. I % STANTON, *

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