POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 15, 8 May 1914, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL KATES. Letters and Lottasr Cartla.—lnland i (including Cook Islands), Id for each -ioa. or fraction thereof, and \ for each succeeding 9os. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa liica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chines© Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first 02. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction, thereof. Pcsjt Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, jd per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every 802. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be loft open. Csmmoralal Papera. —Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or id for first 4oz. &nd id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, id for first 40z., and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2jd, and id for every additional 2oa. (Open for inspection). Pattern aoif Satnpla Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; ever 2('.z. as for “all other places,” All other places, Id first 4oz, every adlitional 2oz. or fraction id. Riiglsfration.—2d additional for fell places. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id oach, United 'Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange Siver, South Sea Islands, and IVansvaal. Id each paper. If under loz. sent by first available route; over ■loz. sent by direct steamer only; uness 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 each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges—At exchanges continuousopen—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 all day and all night. The other I.x changes chiefly from 9 &.m. to 6 p.m. PARCEL POST.

Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed ing—

Money Order®, /By Poet).—Payibio in New Zealand, for each £5 or raction of £5, 3d, Common wealth, *’iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, £7, Is fid; £lO, 2a; £l2, 2s fid ; Sls, 3s; £l7, 3a 6d, £2O, 4b; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 >r traction of £5, and r telegraph fee Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge, CABLE RATES. 8. d. Australian states 0 4$ per word Fiji 6 0 i, Norfolk Island OS ” United States 8 4 to 2 8 ” Cape Colony 2 7' ” United Kingdom SO ” (Signature and address cctuaied ass part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close »t the Boat Gffioo, ord, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.'; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 8 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a,in., 8.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m, Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., $.50 s.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 ».se., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Dailv, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, fcnSaturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 0 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, 6 p.m. Kohurataiii —Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 8 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Maboo— Daily, 3.25 p in. Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 1 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and S*t urday, 3 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.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 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m.. 2.30 p m., and 6 p.m. Norreanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m, Pohokuta—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturday* U a.m., ami Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.1.0 a.m., 0.80 u.ra,, and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, day,, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. jTariki —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 55.30 p.rn I and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Hot-urdav | 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 0 p.m. j Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. I Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuenda;-, | and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 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 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 ' a.m., and 2.30 p.m. iWhan gam o mon a. —Tuosd ay, W odn es. day, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday st 0 a.m. f m. STANTON,

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