POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 22, 18 May 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

! POSTAL NAI4& (letters arid tetter Care's. —Inland (including Cook Ulands) Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and | for each succeed! m; 2oz. United Kingdom, British Pos'-" scions, United Statea, Chili, Cost". Kica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Portugal, a&d Porta guese Colonies, Siam, Rervia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2£d for the first oy "• fraction .thereof, and IJd for ©aph 'succeeding os. or fraction thereof PiM yards.. —lnland, single, Id ; reply. Id; all other places, single, Id; repif 2d. Papers (including: Books and Magazines, not registered).—All p!.'»<''*s, jd per 2oa. Magazines (regis-; tor" H>, inland, Jd for every Boz. or fw'ion thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or !--Action thereof. One end must be lef' ':pen.

Ctf-'nmsroSaS Pep«rc. —Town (for accounts, etc., only) |d for 20£3.,-or Id for 4oe. and fcd each succeeding 2o» Inland. Id fftr first 405.. and §d fo r »nacb - succeeding 2o« All oihei places lOoz. 2£d> and $d for every addii>>r;al 2oz. (Open for inspection). Nttam and. SampJe Packets.—ln 'arid', jd first 2oz. or traction thereof; >ver 2oz. as for "all other places." AI! other places. Id first 4oz, every adlitionnl 2oz. or fraction sd. Ropjeirstlon —2d additional for all places. Newspapers.—-Town and Inland, 4c each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, an| Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Soz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and naicl rate of Id for first 4oz. find jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and Jd aach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges contlnuousopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, sfj equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurcb, Dunedin, [nvorcargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders, (By , Post).—Pay able in New' Zealand, fnr i e&eh £5 or. fraction of £s,' 3d. Commonwealth Fiji, Samoa,'and Tonga, £2,6d; £5. U; £?, Is6d; £lO, 2s; £l2 ' 2s 6d ;* £ls, 3p,; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4 9 ; ; max!mum £4O. United Kingdom, Britis?* Possessions, Canada, United States Hawaii and Germany, Sd for each £1 or fractidn thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orderi, pluß telegraph charge.

CABLE MATES. i. d. Australian ntatel 6 -i$ per word Fiji 9 g Norfolk Island 0 8 ' { United States I 4 lo 2 8 '■» Cape Colony ■ 2 7 " United Kingdom 8 0 " (Signature and address ootuat«d a» part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Poit Ofio«, Stafford, as under:For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m,'; also Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff Daily, 8.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.60 a.m. ; 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke'a Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.sa., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. fluiakama—Daily, 8 p.m.; ,: *v,irna-— Dailv. 6 D.mHurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday *»». Saturday, at 6 p.m. j also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Inglewood—l>aily s 8.10 a.m., p.m.. and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; ako Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. VTahoe— Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Nfew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and b' p.m. Vgairo—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Vormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily. 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, B p.m. Rowan--Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesday? and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.50 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday. 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, S a.m. ; Wednesday, 6 p.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., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. iWhangamomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. ■ 1. BTANTON,

N.Z. Acs U.K. a. d. •. a. i. d. lib 0 » 0 8 1 0 21b 6 4* 1 S 1 0 31b o e 1 8 1 0. 41b 0 7J s a a c 61b 0 S ■" : 9 8 so 61b 0 10* -a a a 0 71b. 10 . B' 8 s e Sib I'll 4 8 8 0 91b 1 8 4, 8. i J ioib ' llib 18 8 S 8' 0