POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 56, 2 November 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES, Lttttrs and Latter CsrSa.—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and i for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United Stated, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the firßt oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oh- or fraction thereof.

Pott Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, tingle, Id; reply 2d. each under 4oz. and id aaoh. extra 2oz.

TELEPHONES.

CHargM—At exchanges eontuauoußopen—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmarston 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—

Prints* Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—-All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), iulandi id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 207<. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Cornmoreßal Papers.—Town (for *,..- 30u«ts x etc., only) Jd for 20z5.,0r Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding ioz. Inland, Id for first 4oss., and id for each succeeding 2o*. All other places lOoa. 2id, and id for every %&-

litional 2oz. (Open for inspection), Pstlorn and Sanipta PatfJi«tJ6 t —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." Ali »ther places. Id first 4oz, every tdlitional 2oz. or fraction id. W«Slatratl*n—s3d additional for m places. » Nawapspsrs.—Town and Island, i'd >ach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canwia, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, grange Eiver, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under rioz. sent by first available roufc; over ioz. sent by direct steamer only;, unless specially addressed and paid at 'ate' of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id

Msnay Orders. (Ej Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or Taction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, 3'iji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6dj £5, is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2e; £l2, 2a 6d; 216, Sa; £l7, 8a 6d, £2O, 4u; inaxiaum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possession!!, Canada, United States, iawaii and Germany, 8d for each £1 *t fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand. 8d for every £5 >r fraction of £6, and a telegraph fee >f Is. Australia, at rate of postal sionaj ordera, pint telegraph charge. CABLE RATES.

United Kingdom 8 0 " (Signature and address amatol so part of the metsage). HAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post OJSos, Skatford, as under:— For—iuokland—Daily, 8.10 a.m."} also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at • p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Sltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.98 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and S p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a..m., 8.60 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.18 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.90 p.m. Euiakama—Daily, 8 p.m» Huiroa—Daily. 8 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 p.m., and 8 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8.25 p. in* Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 8.25 p.m. Mahoo—Daily, 8.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.90 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 8 p.m . Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 p.m., and 9 om. N'ew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m.. 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ndrm&nby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.n., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Palmerßton North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 8 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdayß and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Rowtn—Daily. 8.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.50 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. Tabora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 8.89 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday, 9 a.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; alio, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. iVairarapa--Daily. 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. 7aitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., >1 and 6 p.m. ! ■ Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 ,1 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and fl p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 1 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. 1 Whangamomona—Daily, 6 p.m.; also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. i 8. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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