POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 14, 7 May 1914, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES, Letters am& LMtsr Cards.—lnland (iricludisig Cook Islands), Id for each >4oz. or fraction thereof, and \ for each, succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili,. Costa Hica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pjeru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinos© Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places for the hist oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Po»i Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2a, PrSrs'ied Papara (including books ■md Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magadnes (registered), inland, id for every 8oz ; or traction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or friiction thereof. One end must ho !eft open. CoynmereUsl P&pcra.—Town (for ac•ounts, ©to., only) id for 20/.5., or Id J or first 4oa. and Jd each sucoeediag .'ok. Inland., Id for first 405., and |d 'or each succeeding 2osi. All other •daces lOoz. 24d, and id for every ad~ litiomil 2oz. (Open for inspection). •PaUarn mil Sampls Paok«tß. —Inland, id first 2cz. or fraction thereof; wer 2oa. as for "all other places." All ither places, Id first 4oz, *vwv adlitional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration,—2d additional for all ?lace«. Newspapfr*.-—Town and Inland, |d •.ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Oanida, Ceyioa, India, Jamaica, Natal, kange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under toz. sent by first available route; over <oz. sent by direct 3ceamer only; uness specially addressed and paid at •ate of Id for first 4oz. aud id for each mcceeding 2oz. All other places Id *aeli under 4oa. and id *ach extra 2oz.

TELEPHOMiEa, Chargw— At exchanges oontiiraouiopen—Business ortauiishnieuts, f 7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Sxchanges not continuously open, an squal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Chrisfcchuroh, Dunodin, '"nvercargill, Napier, Eastings, Palm>rston 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 de livery in New Zeal and, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post).—Pay able in New Zealand, for each £5 or Taction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth', ifiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £6', tfl'j £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; 316, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, loj-mwri-uum £4O. United Kingdom, British 'osseasions, Canada, United States, Eawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 »r fraction thereof.- (By Telegrajph)— ■Vi.thin New Zealand, 3d for every £5 •r fraction of £5, and a tolegraph few if Is. Australia, at rate of postal aoney orderß, plna telegraph charge. i CABLE RATES. ». d, vastralian statwfi 0 4$ par word ;il iii 0 9 ;, Norfolk Island 0 8 h United Ststea 9 4 to 2 3 " Oape Colony 3 7 " United Kingdom 3 0 " (Signature and address counted ats ?art of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close et the Poet OfSeo, Stratord, as under:— For—luckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m. r ; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 8 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25. p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. . fltiiaiE— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1.38 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. ETawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8,60 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Buiakama—Daily, 8 p.m. Buiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday. *s»> Saturday, at 6 p.m.: also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. tnglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m. and G p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Wednesday, end Fn day, 6 p.m. Xohuratahi—Tuesday, W«dhei»day.. and Saturday, 6 p.m.; ako Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday* and Saturday) 3.25 p.m. Vfahoe—Daily, 8.26 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. M'akahu —Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . fcfidhint—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 p.m., and 8 p.m. view Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 3.30 a.m. 2.80 p.m.. arid 6 p.m. Vormaonv— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m. 2.30 "p.m., and ff p.m. PaJmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau— Tuesdays and Saturday* 9 a.m., and Wi*inosdaya, 0 p.m. Rowtn—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and p.m. Stratliinore —Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora —Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesday*! 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.; an<j Wednesday, 6 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.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Wairarapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 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 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 I a.m., and 2.30 p.m. IWhangamoinona. —Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p!m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. i % STANTON,

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