POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 72, 1 March 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland ('including; Cook Islands), Id for earn 4oz. or fraction thereof, and pi for each succeeding 2oz, Xnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States, 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 2p' for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and Lpl for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —Inland, single, pi; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, pi per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, pi for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, pi per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers. —Town (foi riccounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz. and pi each succeeding 2nz. Inland. Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2pi and pi for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern Sample Packets.— ln land, pi 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 £d each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon. India. Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal. Id each paper. If under So/, sent by first available route; over Soz. sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of H for first 4oz. and pi for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. asul pi each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges. —At Exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £o 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 1) a,in. to 5 p.ra. 1 PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

’(1 additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.) —Payaide in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d, ' Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is'; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd; £ls 3s; £l7, 3s Gd, £2O; 4s; 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 £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of. lSi Australia, at rate of postal money orders, Plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4.V per word Fiji , 0 0 Norfolk Island Ob ( United States 2s Id to 2 Cape Colony " ‘ ~ United Kingdom « u . 2d additional war tax required on each message. , , (Signature and address counted as part ot the message). MAIL NOTICED. Mails close at the Post Ollice. Stratford, as under ; i 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. Eltliam —Daily, 8.10 a.in., 9.28 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. Huiakama- —Daily, 6 p.m, Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m, Hurirnoana— Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. 0 p.m. ; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and G p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. . Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G p.m. Koliuratahi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at G p.m. ; 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. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, G p.m. Midhit —Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., e d G p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Ngaero—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 ,p.rn., and G p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokui i—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. Tanrakawa—Saturday. 8.30 a.m. To Wera —Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily. 0 p.rn.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.in. 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. Wanganui—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 .p.m. and 6 p.m. Wellington—Dailv. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 n.m. W h a n ga m e m on a —Tuesday Wednesdo v Till’”*' 1 "”, and a ll ”d" a+, fi p.rn. ; nko Monday and Saturday I at- 8.30 a.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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