POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 35, 17 January 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Lcitorc ana Letter Cards—lnland (including Cool: I :l..nd ;), id for each 4or. Oi traction thereof, mid kl for oac'ii succeed! life do;: United Kingdom, British possessions, United States, Chili, Co.stn Hica, Egypt Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pont, Pago Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam. Senna, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2.Jd for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ltd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Pest Cards.— -Inland, single, -Jd; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. printed Papers (including Books and .Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered). inland, )d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers,— Town (for accounts, etc., only) Jcl 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 additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern Sample Packets.— ln land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All other places. Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. War Tax.—id additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers. —Town and Inland -id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India. Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route;. over Boz. 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 each under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges. —At Exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously 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 all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to o p.m.

PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceeding

.Vd additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.)—Payable in Now Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji Samoa and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; £j; maximum £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d lor each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee of Is.' Australia, at rate oi postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian State's 0 4* par word Fiji d tj ’ Norfolk Island 0 (i United States 2s -id to 2 3 j’ Cape Colony - ‘ j; United Kingdom 3 0 2d additional war tax required on each message. f [signature and address counted as parr of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under; — For— , Auckland— Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at G p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8 P-m-Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham —Daily, 8.10 a.m.. .1.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. T^uiakama- —Daily, 6 p.m. miiroa—Daily. 0 p.m. Hurimoana— Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 0 p.m. Kaponga —Daily, 8 p.m. Kiore —Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 0 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Lowgarth—Daily, 8 p.m. Mahoe —Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., 1 and ‘2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and (i p.m. „ , New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaere Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. I Pohokura —Dailv, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Mondays and Saturdays 8.30 a.m.; Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan —Daily, 8 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora-—Tuesday, Wednesday. Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Tariki—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday, 8.30 a.m. To Wera —Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily. G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Tututawa—Monday and Saturday 8.30 a.m.; Wednesday. G p.m. Wairarapa—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily,B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., and G p.m. Wamranui—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., 2.30 ,n.m. and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 n.m. Wha "crapy mon.a—Tuesdav W"dn"a<hv Thu"ad"r-, and "’d"" n - G p.m. ; also Monday and Saturday at 8.30 a.m S. G. STANTON. Postmaster.

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