POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 76, 6 March 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. I Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland j (including Cook Islands), Id for eavii 4oz. or traction thereof, and kl for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited 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 I thereof; all other places 2iC for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and l-.'.-d ■ for each succeeding oz. or fraction 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 Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, jd per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must bo left ope". j Commercial Papers.— Town (foi accounts, etc., only) Jd for 2ozs., or Id for first 4ok. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and |d for each succeeding 2:;z. All other (places l()oz. 2Jd and id for every additional 2oz, (Open for inspection). J Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln ■ land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All (other places, Id first 4ois., every additional 2oz. or fraction jd. j 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 Boz. sent by first available route; over Soz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of ' d for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. asid id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Cnarg«;s.—At Exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an c-oual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Chri.xtchurch, Dunedin. lnvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wangaimi 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-

J-d additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.)— Payable in Xew 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 Gd, £2O; 4s; maximum £JO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for saOi £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. Plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 <i& per word Fiji o 6 ;; Norfolk Island 0 6'; United States 2a -Id to 2 3 (Jape Colony 2 . f> United Kingdom d U 2d additional war tax required on each message. (Signature and address counted as part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Ofiieo,* Stratford, as under ; \ For— . Auckland— Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at ti p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—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. Hvtiakama—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. Koliuratahi—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. S.lO a.m.. tf.3o a.m., am] 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 0 p.m. Midhir —Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., a; .1 G p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Njraero—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.in ( Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. j 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Pohokui i—Dailv, G p.m. Puniwhafcau—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. jTahora —Tuesday, Wednesday. Satur- ( | day, G 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 To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Dailv. 6 p.m.: also, Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 n.m. Tututawa—Monday and Saturday 8.30 a.m.; Wednesday. G p.m. Wairarapa—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 n.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Waitarn— Daily.B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., and G p.m. Wanszanui— Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 n.m.. and G p.m. Wellington—Dnily. 8.10 a.m., O.no a.m.. and 2.30 n.m. Whancrnm^monn—Tuecriay Werlr>A<;- , 6 p.m. ; also Monday and Saturday i at P3O a.m. ' ' S. <?. STANTON, Postmaster.

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