POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 73, 2 March 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

! POSTAL RATES. I , Letters and Letter Cards.- -Inland (including Cool; Islands). Id for ea.'l. I Ik/., or fraction thereof, and \d for each succeeding 2oz, Xnited Kingdom, hritish possessions, I'nited States, .Chili, Costa R-ioa, 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 2id for the jfirst oz. or fraction thereof, and l.ld [for each succeeding oz. or fraction I thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; 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, id for every Soz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, |d per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must bo I left open. I Commercial Papers. —Town (foi accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id ■ for first 4oa. and id each succeeding |2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and id lor each succeeding 2oz. All other j places lOoz. 2Jd and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). I Pattern and Sample Packets. —In land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All othei places, Id first -loz., every additional 2oz. Or fraction id. j 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 Paver, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Soz. sent by first available route; over Soz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of I'd for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz, a«id id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Cnarges.—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, Invercargili, 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-

111 b 10 5 0 3 0 id additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.)— Fayable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2, Gd; £5, Is'; £7, Is (3d; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls 3s; £l7, 3s 6a, £2O; 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for ?a<;h £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 4* per word Fiii 0 0" .Norfolk Island 0 6 \ United States 2s -Id to 2 i )( Cape Colony £ < „ United Kingdom d U 2d additional war tax required on (Signature and address counted as part ol the message). MAIL NOTICE*. Mails cloje at the Post Office. Stratford, as under; — ! Auckland— Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at 0 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 0 p.m. Eltbara— Daily, 3.10 a.m.. 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. Hurimoana— Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. 6, p.m. ; also, Mondays Jnglewood—Daily, §..10 a,HI„ 2,30 p.m. and 6 n-m, Jiaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. giqpe—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 9 p,m,' , Kohuratahi— Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 0 p.m.; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.80 a.m. and Saturdays at 8,30 a.m. Lowgarth- Daily, 9 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. Midair :—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., s ,16 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m.. 2.30 p.m.. and 6 n,m,, Ngaere—Daily. 8.10 a.m.., 9,a0 p.m., and 0 P-m. T pnnanhY--D»ily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 ,p.m., and 6 P-m. P-almerstnn North—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 9,.30 a.m.. and s),jio p.m. Ppliokw \—Daily, o p.m. 'puniwliaKau-—Mondays and Saturdays 8.30 a-.m.; Wednesdays, 0 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8 p.m. South Island—Daily, B.IQ a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and •J.Sr) p.m. Straihrnui-.e.—Daily, 0 p.m. |Tahora— 'Tuesday, Wednesday. Sahirday, 6 p.m.; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. [Tarikl— Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday, 8.30 a.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily. 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Tututawa—Monday and Saturdav 8.30 | a,in.; Wednesday 0 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily,S. 10 a.m. 12.25 p.m., and 0 p.m. Wanganui—Daily. 8.10 ........ 9.30 ' a.m. 2.30 o.m. and 6 p.m. Wellington—Dailv. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 t . a.m.. and 2.30 n.m. — Tuesday Wr-divvs-<l.,v Tin.-;."!"" "ml Ci 01,,,/)..,. „+, 6 p.m. ; ako Monday and Saturday at 8 30 a.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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