POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 19, 14 May 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Carafe.— lnland (including Cook Islands). Id for each loz. or fraction thereof, and i for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom British Possessions, United States Chili, Costa Rica. Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Page Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portn gnese Colonies, Siam, Servift, ts,r.c Postal Agencies in Chinese Treat.' Ports, Id for each 02. or fraction thereof; all other places hid for the lirat oz. or fraction thereof, and lie for ear'll succeeding ok. or fractioi thereof. Cards.-—lnland, single, id; re ply, Id; .all other places, single, Id, reply 2d, PrStsted Papsra (including Books >nd Magazines, not registered).—Ah places, Jd per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. 01 fraction thereof. Foreign, 3d per 2oz or fraction thereof, One end must I* left open. CommeroiM Papers —Town (for Ba. iounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or ic for first 4.0 z. and jd each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and U 'or each succeeding 2oa. All othe Maces lOoz. 2sd, and id for every ad litional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln and, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof >ver 2oz. as for “all other places.” Ah )th.er places. Id first 4oz, every ad litional 2oz. or fraction id, RoglsSrsUan.—2d additional for id daces. Newspapers.—Town and inland, P '.ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Csnida, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal hange River, South Sea Islands, an* Transvaal, Id each paper. If unde 'oz. sent by first available route; ove 3oz. sent by direct steamer only; un ess specially addressed and paid a* •ate of Id for first 4oz. and id for ear! ucceeding 2oz. All other places Id ach under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz TELEPHONES. Charge* —At exchanges continuousopen—Business establishments, £7 >rivate residences, £5 per annum Ixcbanges not continuously open, am ,-qual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, ■ivercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm rston North, and Wanganui are open 11 day and all night. The other Ex ihanges chiefly from 9 ».m. to 6 p.m PARCEL POST.

’arcels posted in the Dominion for dc livery in New Zealand, not exceed ing—

Money Orders. (By Post).—Pay ible in Now Zealand, for each £o e> faction of £5, 3d. . Commonwealth •'iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £6 3; £7, la 6d; £lO. 2a; £l2 2a 6d 115, 3a; £l7. 3s 6d, £2O. 4s; mast imrn £4O. United Kingdom, Britiaf Possessions, Canada, United State* Sawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)Within New Zealand* 3d for every £1 or fraction of £6, and a telegraph fe-' of Is. Australis, at rate of pests' 1 money orders, plus telegraph charge

CABLE RATE®. o. d. Australian ateiaS 0 per wore Fiji 0 9 ~ Norfolk Island 0 0 ” United States 8 4 to 2 9 ,3 Cape Colony 3 7 ” United Kingdom 3 0 ” (Signature and address counted a* part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at th© Post OSoe, Sirat ford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m/; rdfto Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m Cardiff—Daily, 8.25 p.m, Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.28 a.m 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.50 a.m 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8,10 a.xa., 9.? ; a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, @ p.m. Huiroa—DaOy, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday, *-e. Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m, Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 5.30 p.m and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 9.25 n.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, »no Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesday' and Saturdays 9 a.m. Oowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoo—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk'—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday , 6 p.m . Midhirstr— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 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. N T gaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.90 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. I ''formanby—Daily, 8.10 n.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. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m Puniwbakau—Tuesdays and Saturday, 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 9 p m. Rowan--Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.ni., and 2.30 p.m, Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.50 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday aud Saturday. 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, (Tp.ra. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m. ; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m,; Wednesday, G 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 &.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.ra., and 2.30 p.m. W hanga monion a, —Tuosd ay, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at fi p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday 8 *.m. U I®. STANTON.

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