POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 75, 4 March 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards—lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for ea.*i. -loz. or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2pz, 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 on. or fraction thereof; all other places 2$C? for the first ok. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.— lnland, single, £d; 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, £d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers.— Town (foi accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for first loz. and Id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2kl and id for every additional 2055. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —In 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 \d. Registration. —2d additional for all places. War Tax.- -id additional, is required on -ill 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 Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under loz. 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. Invereargill, 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 Now Zealand, not exceed-

J-d additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.)—Payable in New Zealand, tor each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, !s'; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d;. £ls 3s; £l7, 3s Gd. £2O; 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. United States. Hawaii and Germany. 3d for 3at.li £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 4V per word Fiji ° G Norfolk Island 0 b United States 2., Id to 2 3 ?) Cape Colony 2 . „ United Kingdom 6 v 2d additional war tax required on each message. . (Signature and address counted as par" oi the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close 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, 6 p.m. Eh ham—Daily, 8-10 a.m.. 9.28 a.m., 2.3,0 p.m. and 0 p.m. Hawera-Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m.. 2.30 p.m.. and 0 p.m. iHawke's Pay—Daily. S.lO 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 Inglewood—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily. 8 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 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. a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 0 p.m. Midair —Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., a A 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 0 p.m Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30a.m. 2.30 .p.m., and (3 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 n.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, 0 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 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday. 8.30 a.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily. 0 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.. 9.3(\ 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 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 n.m. and G p.m. Wellington—Dm>, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Whrmgnmomonn—Tuesday Wednesrl*v Thii"^l—. and Rn»Wny. ..t Ifi p.m. : also Monday and Saturday at p 3O a.m. S. G. STANTON, J Postmaster.

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