POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 29, 21 September 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

— —— POSTAL KATES. Letters end Lstiar Ssrto.—iiil&ao (including Cook Islands;. id icr o»cn 4oz. or fraction thereof, amj » f ° ! each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Moxi.•x>, Nicaragua, Nigeria. Peru, Ps*;*.* Pago, Paraguay s Portugal, «nd Portuguese Colonies, fiiam, dervia c,na Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty

Ports, Id for each oz. or tr&ctio: thereof; Eli other places 2i<i for th first oz. or fraction thereof, and Is. for each succeeding, or. or fruetio: thereof.

P«Bi B&rfc3.—lnland, single, ; reply. Id; all other places, smgie, 10; I reply 2d. each under 4oz. and id «ach ®xtr& 20/.. TELEPHONES. Giha.’gw—At exchanger contlauouaopen—Cusineßp establishments, £7 ; private residences, £6 per jnihum. Exchanges not continuouelj 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 nil night. Tho other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.in. to 6 p.m. POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Printed Supers (including Books and Magszinon, not registered).—Ail places, Jd per 2oz. Magazines (regis - tered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, jd per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Ccmmgrst&'i Paper*.—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4o». s-n-d id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for firirc 40®., and id for each, succeeding Boz. All other places lOoa. 2id, and id for every ad-

ditional Soa. (Open for inspection)

Pattern ami Sasnpie Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oa, «-b for “ail other places.” Ail other places. Id hrfit 4oz, every s*l- - 2oz. or fraction id. Ra&taKrxUttK. —2d additional for ail places.

N«WBjsEper».—Town and Inland, id Mich, United Kingdom, Auatralia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Grange River, South Sea islands, and fransvanl. Id each paper. If under Soz. sent by'wrat available route; over io'A. sent by direct steamer only; unftss specially addressed and paid st rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id

Money Orders, (By Post).—-Pay-able in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, Bd. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 8a; £l7, 8s Bd, £2O, 4s; rawk mum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, . Canada, United States, Hawaii .and Gennsny, 8d for e&nh £1 rr fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand. 8d for every £5 >r fraction of £5, and a telegraph f m of Is. Australia, at rate of postin' money orders, plug telegraph chf-ge, SABLE RATES. a. d. Australian stated 9 *H par word Fiji 8 8 „ Norfolk Island 0 & United States S fl to 2 S “ Cape Colony S 7 n United Kingdom' SO ” (Signature *nd addreg* oorarbttd part of the message). KAIL NOTICES. Mails close at th« Po*t Offie®, Stratford, as under:—

For— Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 8 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.in, Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.ni., 8.&18 «.m., 2.80 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 15.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 pmi. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 g.JJO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Suiakama—Daily, 0 p.m. fTuiroa- —Daifv H u. mS Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p..m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 3.80 p.m., and 6;p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Store—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day. 6 p.m Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Liovvgarth -Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m.* Vlahne—Daily, 3.25 p.rn. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday »ud Saturday, 6 p.m . lidhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. P. 30 p.m., •ur.-ri 0 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., 2.30 p.m., aud 8 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m..

2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10. ».ra,, 9.30 a.in., and 2.30 p.m. I'oh ok ur a—Daily, 8 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.in., and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tali ora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday", 6 p.m. lariki—-Daily, 8.10 a.ui., S.SO p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday, 9 a.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—-Daily, ti p.m. ; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday. 9 a.m. ; Wednesday, 0 p.m. Yairarapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m,, and 2.30 p.m. vaitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 ».m., 9.50 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington-—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangarnomona—Daily, 6 p.m. ; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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