POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 49, 14 October 1914, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

' PBSTAL RATES. I UH«fS end LstUr Car*#.— lnland (including Cook Islands). Id for each I 407,. nr fraction thereof, and i for ! each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, j British Possessions, United Staten, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria. Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Bervia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for <eeoh succeeding o*. or fraction thereof Pont Cartia.-—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; rteply 2d. each under ioz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Cliarg*#— At exchanges contlanonsopen— Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge oK£5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 0 a.m. to 6 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction, thereof. One end must be left open. Gomnis/flSai Papers.—Town (for Recounts, eto., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 26z. Inland, Id for first 40a., end id for each succeeding 2oa. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Cample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. rs for “all other places.” All other places. Id first 4oz } every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Ragletratlcn.—2d additional for all places. Newspajiara.—Town and Inland, id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Iransvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over 4oz. sent by direct steamer only; unjOss specially addressed and paid at rate of Id tor first 4oz. and id for each succeeding uoz. All other places Id Money Ordara. (By Post)—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, fid; £6, Is; £7, Is fid; £lO, 2s; £l2. 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 8s fid, £2O, 4b; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany, 8d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand. 3d for ©very £6 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE MATES. c. d. Australian state 9 4$ p®r word Fiji 9 fl „ Norfolk island 0 @ ” United Slates B 4 to 2 8 ** Cape Colony B 7 ” United Kingdom - ' 8 0 ” (Signature and address oouatod as part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post OJSca, Stratford, as under: — For— Auckland Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at fl p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m, Douglas—Daily, fi p.m. Elthain—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.58 a.m., 2.30 p.rn. and 0 p.m, Hawora—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.aeu, S.«M) a.in., and 3.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 8 p.m. Huiroa-—Daily. 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 6 p.m. Kohuratabi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgartb—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makabu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 p.m., &r,d fi p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 ».m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.SO ».m., 2.30 p.m., and S p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 ».m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, fl p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays end Saturdays 9 a.rn., and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rows.n-~l)ai!y, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.80 p.m Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tali ora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 p.m., and fi p.m. Taurakatva—Saturday, 9 a.m. Te Worn—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tntutawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Wairarapa--Daily, 8,10 a.m., 0.30 a.rn., and 2.30 p.m. 7aitam— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., arid 6 p.m. Wanganui-Daily, 0.10 8.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.50 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Daily, 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. 8 G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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