POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 68, 25 February 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

, POSTAL RATES, ' Letters Arid Ldtfer Cards.—lnland (including Conk islands}. Id for ea.'i: ‘lttfi. or fraction thereof, aful _ id tor cadi succeeding 2oNnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peril. Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam. Servia. and Postal Agencies in Chinese Ticaty I Ports. Id for each o/,. or fraction I thereof; all other places 2|C for the I first oz. or fraction thereof, and ltd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland single, id ; relily, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, .Rl per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, ,-Jd for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers. —Town (foi rfc|counts, etc., only) )d for 2ozs.. or Id , for first loz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places l()oz. 2.)d and -)cl for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern ana Sample Packets. — In land, 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.—Jd 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 Soz. sent by direct .steamer only • unless specially addressed and paid at rate of 1-1 for first loz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under loz. a«nd Id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges.—At Exchanges continuous ly 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 New Zealand, nob exceed-

each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.)— Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. -'hi. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2, till; £5, Is'; £7, Is 6d; £lO. 2s; £l2. 2s 6d; £ls. 3s: £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; 4s; maximum £4O. Knifed Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, Lnited States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for 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 of postal money orders, i>lus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES.

‘id additional war tax required ou "each message. , , uu (Signature and address counted as part, of tne message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office. Stratford, as under; — I For— , Auckland-Daily, 8.10 a.m. j also Tuesdays and Fridays, at 0 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8 pun. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 0 pun. Hawera—Daily; 8,10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 pun., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 0 p.m. Huiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. Hurimoana—-Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday. 6 pun.; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and G pun. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m, Iviorc—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 0 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday. Wednesday 7 and Saturday 7, at 6 pun. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Lowgarth—Daily, 8 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily. S.lO a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. fi pun, Midhirs;—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., avd 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8,10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 pun., and 6 p.m. Ngaere-—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 pun., and G p.m Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30a.m. 2.30 pun., and G pun. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Poholciu r—Daily. 6 pun. 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 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday. 8.30 a.m. T© Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily. 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday. 8.30 a.m. Tutntawa-—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. j Waitara—Daily,B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.rn., and G p.rn. Wanganui—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 .p.m,. and 6 p.m, I Wellington—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whan gam "mono—Tuesday Wfdne s ;- Onv and Ra*” at 6 p.m. ; also Monday and Saturday at 8.30 a.m. S. Vr. STANTON, ,Postmaster.

mg:— N.Z. Aus. U.K. s. d. s. d. s. d. lib 0 3 0 8 1 0 21 b 0 4i 1 2 1 0 31b 0 6 1 8 1 ft lib 0 7i 2 2 2 0 ,51b 0 9 2 8 2 0 (5U> 0 10* 8 2 2 0 71b 1 0 3 8 2 0 Sib 1 u * 2 3 0 91b 1 3 4 8 3 0 101 b 1 4* 4 8 3 0 111b 1 6 5 0 3 0 additional war tax required on

Australian States S. cl U 4-i per word Fiji 0 (3 ) 5 ) 1 Norfolk Island U 6 United States 2 s -Id to 2 3 Cape Colony 2 7 i) United Kingdom 3 0