POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 40, 22 January 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES, Letters and Letter Cards inland (.including Cook Islands), Id for each loz. o|- tract inn thereof, and Ad for oacli succeeding; 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt Italy, 3lcxico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, ami Portuguese Colonies, Siam. Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for oacli oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Ad for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ltd for oacli succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. , Post Cards, —Inland single, Id; reply. Id; all other places single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places. Ad per 2oz. Magazines (regisitered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. ior fraction thereof. One end must be left open. , j Commercial Papers.— Town (for ac!counts, etc., only) Ad for 2ozs. or Id for first loz. and Ad each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first -loz.. and Id ] for each succeeding 2oz. All other jilaees lOoz. 2jd, and id for every additional 2oz, (Open for inspection), j Pattern and Sample Packets.— ln iland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; .over 2oz'f as for “all other places.” Ail 'other places, Id first loz., 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 Soz. sent by first available route; over So/., 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 loz. 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 £o. Telephone Exchanges at A jckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.in. to u p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding:— N.Z. Aus. U.K. s. d. s. d. s. d.

111 b 16 5 0 3 0 r}d additional war lax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.) —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2, (kl; £5, Is'; £7, Is 6d • £lO, 2s ; £l2, 2s (id; £ls. 3s; ! £l7, 3s Gel. £2O; maximum £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand. 3d for every £o or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 I) per word Fiji 0 0 Norfolk Island 0 ti ” United Stut-'s 2> Id to 2 3 Cape Colony 2 7 ” United Kingdom 3 0 2d additional war tax required on each message. (Signature and address counted as part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under ; For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also I Tuesdays and Fridays, at 0 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 0 p.m. Hawera—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Hay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. P’dakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Hnirpa—Daily. (1 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, AVednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.: also Mondays ami Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 6 n.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m, Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G p.m. Kohnratahi—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. r Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m, Alakahn—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 0 p.m, Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 2.30 p.m., and 0 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 Normauhy-—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30a.m. 1 2.30 p.m.. and 0 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily. 8.10 a.m.,9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m, Oohnkura—Dailv. (! p.m. Puniwhakau-—Mondays and Saturdays 8.30 " i" : Wednesdays. 0 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, r l a 1 mra—Tuesday, Wednesday. Saturday,/ G p.m.; also Mondays and ' Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. \ Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2,30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Tanrakawa—Saturday, 8.30 a.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 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 ]>.nt. Waitara—Daily.B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., j and G p.m. 1 Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 . a.m.. 2.30 ,n.m.. and 6 p.m. Wellington— Dailv s. 1() a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 n.m. . At ha ,, gan>'"u o na—-Tuesday Wodnes- ' I 'kv Thl , ”sd'”'. °’ul S(pn.-r1...- qt j G p.m. : also Monday and Saturday ■ at 8.30 n.m. I 8. G. STANTON, Postmaster,

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