POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 77, 7 March 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for ea.'.i loz. or fraction thereof, and >,d for each succeeding 2oz, Minted 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 I Ports. Id for each oz. or fraction . thereof; all other places 2£<;! for the [first oz. or fraction thereof, and I'd jlor each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.— lnland single, Jd; 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, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers.— Town (foi rtccoiints, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first -loz.. and id for each succeeding 2r,z. All other places lOoz. 2|d and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern ana Sample Packets.—ln jland, Jd first 2oz. or fraction thereof; lover 2oz. as for "all other places." All (other places, Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction Ul. 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 at rate of H for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. asul id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges. —At Exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at, Auckland, Wellington, Christehureh, Dunedin. Invercargill. Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiolly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted In the "Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding:—

id additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Tost.)— Payable in New Zealand, lor each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. ’ Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2, Gd; £5, Is'; £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 each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 dr’ fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee of Is. . Australia, at rate of postal money orders, Plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES.

2d additional war tax required on each message. ; (Signature and address counted as part ol the message).

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under ; ) i (, or— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at b p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, G p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 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. VHawke'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 lnglewood—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. 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. 8.10 a.m.. 0.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. , Makahu—Tuesday, vhursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhir : Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., ad 6 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 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Pohokun —Dailv, 6 p.m. Puniwha/cau—Mondays and Saturdays 8.30 a.m.; Wednesdays, G p.m. Howan—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

I 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, G p.m. Toko—Daily. 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. 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 n.m. and G p.m. Wellington—Dailv. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. WhansjamoTnona—Tuesday Wodnosdnv —. Old Pnf—dn,- ot 6 p.m. ; also Monday and Saturday at P 30 a.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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