POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 87, 18 March 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. ! Letters and Letter Cards Inland (including Cool; Islands), Id for ea.'i. 4oz. or fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oa, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions. United States, Chili. Costa Kica, Kgypt. Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru. Pago Psigo, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies. Sia'm. Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each o/,. or fraction thereof; all other places 2joi for the first 07,. or fraction thereof, and l£d for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.— lnland, single, Jd; reply, I'd; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, Jd for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, -J-cl per 207.. or fraction thereof. One end must bo left open. Commercial Papers.— Town (foi accounts, etc., only) Jd for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and -Jd for each succeeding 2os;. All other places lOoz. 2Jd and Jd for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern Sample Packets. —ln land, Jd first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All other places, Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction Jd. Registration. —2d additional for all places. War Tax.- -Jd 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 Boz. sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and paid at. rate of H for first 4oz. and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. asid Jd each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. « lh Cnarges. —At Exchanges continuous ly open—Business establishments, £7 : private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £o. •Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palnierston 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-

eaen parcel. . Money Orders. (By Post.)—Payable in New Zealand, for 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 or 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 part .of the message).

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Post Office. Stratford, as under ; \ For— . /Auckland—Daily/ 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at t> 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. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa —Daily. G p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. G p.m.; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. Kibre—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.. 3.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Satu r . G D.m. Midhu j—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., :> J 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 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2,30 p.m. Pobokm i—Daily, 6 p.m. PuniwhaAau—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. -trathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. ..ahora—Tuesday, Wednesday. Saturday, G 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. Taurakawa—Saturday. 8.30 a.m. T e Wera—Daily. 6 p.m. Toko—Daily. G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday. 8.30 a.m. Tututawa— Monday and Saturday 8.30 a.m. ; Wednesday. 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.3 ft 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., 0.30 a.m P.m. and 6 r>.m. tVellinston— T)"i>. 8.10 a.m.. 0.30 a.m.. and 2.30 n.m. Wha'Tcam^Tnon''— "Wodn^s-rlo-r. TVni*qd«v, or,,] „+. 6 p.m. : alfr> Monday and Saturday at P3C a.m. S. «?. STANTON, " Postmaster*

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