POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 42, 25 January 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards..— inland (including Cook Islands). Id tor each -loz. or traction thereof, and )d for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, .Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, ami Portuguese Colonies, Siam. Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ltd for each 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).—AH 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. Commercial Papers.— Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for first loz. and |d each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and |d for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz, 2|d, 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 loz., every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.— 2d additional for all places. War Tax.—Vd additional, is required ou 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 hy. first available route; over 4oz. 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 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New. Zealand, not exceed-

id 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, Gd; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls. 3s; £l7, 3s Gd, £2O; £§; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada,. United States, Hawaii' 1 and Germany. 3d for each £1 hr fraction thereof, (By Telegraph)— Within| Zealand, 3d for every £5 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 Ul per word Fiji 0 G ’ Norfolk Island ()■ G ” United States 2s 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 Tuesdays and Fridays, at G p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, G p.m. Fdtham—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and G 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. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. ituiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. Hurimoima—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at G p.m. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday. 6 p.m.; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Lowgarth-—Daily, S p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu-—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, G p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m;. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngacre—Daily, 8.10 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 G p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Mondays and Saturdays 8.30 a.m. ; Wednesdays, G 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 G p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday. 8.30 a.m. To Wera—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, C p.m.: also, Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m, Tututawa-—Monday and Saturday 8.30 a.m.; Wednesday. 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily. 8.10 a.in., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily,B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., and G p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 ,n.m.. and G p.m. ‘Wellington—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 n.m. Wliangam^mona—Tuesday Wednesday Til uvsd ax-, and Safi’rfloTy at 6 p.m. ; also Monday and Saturday at 8.30 a.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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