POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 21, 16 May 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL HA? El. Letter* end Lfitttr Carii.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for eaeb ioz. or fraction thereof, and | for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United Stater. Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi co, .Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Bi»m, Servia, and Poatal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first ok. or fraction thereof, and lid for-each succeeding oa. or fraction thereof; . Post .Cards.—lnland,, single, id; reply, Id; all ether places, single, id; reply 2d. Printed Papara (including Books: and Magazines, net registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. 01 fraction thereof. Foreign, >}d per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papara.—-Town (for Recounts, eto., only) Id for So/s., or id for first 4oz. and |d each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for erst ioz., and |d for each succeeding 2os. All other places lOozi. 2sd, and |d for. every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sampla Paokets, —In-. land, Jd first 2oz. or traction thereof: over 2oz. as for "all other places." All other places. Id first iof,, every additional 207,. or fraction |d. Registration —2d additional for all places. NSawspiapsr*.—Tows and Inland, fed each, United Kingdom, Australia, Can ada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each oaner. If unds; Boz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; tin less specially, addressed and paid a : rate of Id for first to«. and $d fcr each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and id «ach extra 2oz.

TELEPHONE®. Ghargaa—At exchanges oontinucaßopen—Business establishmenta,; £7; private residences, £5 pm annum. Exchanges not continuously open, »n equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Chriatchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Bastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are ooen ■ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominicm for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding-

Money Orders. (By Post).—Pay able in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £6, Is; £7, la 6d; £lO, 2a; £l2 2a 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7; 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £40 r United Kingdom, Britir-b Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 3d for. each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £'o or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee, of Is. Australia, lit rata of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. i. d. Australian states 0 44 w? xrord Fiji 011 „ Norfolk Island 0 9 " United Statei I 410 2 8 " Cape Colony 2 7 " United Kingdom 8 0 " (Signature and addreia oouutad as part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Poit Offios, Skatford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.1.0 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.m., S.X3 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.uk., 8.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.10 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, (5 p.m„ Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. fiuriraoana—Tuosday,. Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m v ; also Tuesdays and Saturdays d a.m. Inglowood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 3.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, »nd Friday, 6 p.m. Kokuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 8 a.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe— Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, b.lO a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu— Tuesday, Thursday aud Saturday, 6 p.m . MKdhirat—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Yew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and ti p.m. ••Igaire— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Vorroanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.iu. Palmorston North—Daily, 8.10 % m ' 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturday? 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, e p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 ».«.., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m Jtrathmore—Daily, 8 p.m. fahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesday* and Saturdays 9 a.m. Pariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Faurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; aho, Tuestda;, and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, P a.m. ; Wednesday, 6 y.m. Wairarapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 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., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.8 i i a.m., and 2.30 p.m. IWhangamomona.—Tuesday, Wedne*. day, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 0 a.m. % % ITANTON,

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