POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 32, 24 September 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

— —6 —- POSTAL. RATES, Letters and Letter Cards. —lni and Cook Islands), Id for each k>z. or fraction thereof, and i fpr ■jack succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, 3ritish Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi!o, Nicaragua. Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portir guese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treat} forts, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the irat oz. or fraction thereof, and lid :or each succeeding oa. or fraction thereof. Post Garda.—lnland, single, id j reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. each under 4oz. and Jd each extra 2oz TELEPHONES. Chargoa—At exchange* contlauoasopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum, exchanges not continuously open, an% •qual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, ‘Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Aivercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open .11 day and all night. The other SxJiangea chiefly from 9 ft.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POBT. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Printed Papers (including Books md Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for ©very Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz, 2id, and id for every ad-

ditional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All other places. Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction id.

Registr^tiun.—2d additional for all places. Hiwapafjer*.—Town and Inland, id sack, llnit-ad Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Jrange River, South Sea Islands, and LTansvaal, Id each paper. If under •ioz. sent by first available route; over ioz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at 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, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, fid; £5, Is; £7, Is fid; £lO, 2?; £l2, 2s fid; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s fid, £2O, 4s: maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 8d for each £1 fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Yithin New Zealand. 3d for every £5 ir fraction of £5, and a telegraph let) of Is. Australia, at rate of postal soney orders, plua telegraph charge. GABLE RATES. *. 4 d. Australian states fi 4| pear word Fiji ® 19 Norfolk Island 0 6 ” United States I 4 So 2 8 u Cape Colony 8 7 ” United Kingdom 0 0 ” ((Signature and addrena ooustod as part of the message).

Si AIL NOTICES. Mails close at ih® Post OiMos. fitrefc ford, 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.m., S.£S a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.SO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 s.sa., B.SO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, i p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 8 p.m. Huriinoana—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—DaJy, 3.25 p.m* Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, Bud Fri-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 8.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 8.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaixe—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—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, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily. 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 fc.m., 0.30 a.rn., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Satur-

day, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, tf.lo a.m., ®.SO p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday, 9 a.m. Te Worn—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Pnturdsv 1

a.m.; Wednesday, o p.m. 7/aiiarapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.rn., and 2.30 p;m. NVaitara—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.rn., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30* p.m. Whangamomona—Daily, 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. S. G. STANTON, aster.

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