POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 3, 6 April 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. I Letters and Letter Cards. —lnland (’including Cook Islands), Id for .ca-'ii Aoz. or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States, Chili. Costa Rica, Egypt Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru. Pago ; Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, and Tuitu- ! gueso Colonies, Siam. _ Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports. Id for each oz. fraction thereof; all other places 2%r\ for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding ox. or fraction thereof. , . , . Post cards. —Inland, single, id; reply, Id all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. , , i printed Papers (including Hooks 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 bo left open. Commercial Papers.— Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz, Inland. Id for first 4°z. and 2 <l for each succeeding 2oz. All other pi ices lOcz. 2-id and id for every additional Sox. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.— ln land id first 2oz. or fraction thereof ; over 2oz. as for “all other places. AH other places, Id first_ 4oz every additional 2oz. or fraction .4 u. Registration, —2d additional fot all places. War Tax.- -id additional, is required on all the above Newspapers. —Town and Inland M each. United Kingdom, Australia, Can,'la Cevlon India. Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal Id each paper. If under Boz sent hy first available route; over So/' sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and paid at rite of id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places U 1 each under 4oz. and id each extra Sox. telephones. Onarges.— At Exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £< ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an | equal charge of £5. . . lcin(l Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill. Napier. Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to o p.m. PARCEL POST/

Money Orders. (By Posy-Pay-able in New Zealand, tor each Lo <n fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2 6d £o, lo . £7 Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s ou. i’ £l7 3s 6d, £2O; 4s; maximum £4o knifed kingdom, Bn tell Ki, Canada, toted States Hawaii and Germany. 3d for sad £1 or fraction thereof. (By telegraph) Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 . S’K o' «, -* « ‘, e “Ttsta n f is Australia, at rate ol postal money orders. Plus telegraph charge.

CABLE RATES. , Australian States 0 ' «"> Fiji n fi ” Norfolk Island J ® „ United States uldto i - ~ Cape Colony “ ' » ““ yi™l'u“e oK aua address counted .as pan of the message). mail notices. Mails close at the Post Office. Stratford, as under;— Auckland— Daily. 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at b p.m. Cardiff —Daily. B P-m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltharn —Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and b p.m. Hawera— Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.00 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 0 p.m. Hawke’s Bay-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m., Huiakarna— Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa— Daily. 0 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 Inday, 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. Lnwgarth—Daily. 8 p.m. Mahoe —Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahn— Tuesday. Thursday and baturch.y 6pm, Midhi' Daily, 3.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.ni.. 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Ngaere—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m Normanhy—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. Pohokmv—Daily.. 6 p.m. Pnniwhakau —Mondays and Saturdays 8.30 a.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. a trathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. .akora— Tuesday. Wednesday. Satnrday, 0 p.m.; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Tariki— Daily. S.lO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 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 Saturday 8.30 a.m.; Wednesday. 6 p.m. Wairarapa— Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitnra— Daily,B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., and 0 P.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 e.rn.. 2.30 n m.. and G p.m. Wellington—Doily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 i a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. ' Whangamoninna—Tuesday Wodnesj do V i G p.m.; also Monday and Saturday | at 830 a.m, / 8. ft. STANTON, Postmaster.

Parrels nested In the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeamg N.Z. Aus, U.K. a. d. s. d. s. d. lib 0 3 21h 0 44 31b 0 6 .-lib o a Gib 0 9 Gib 9 10J 71b 1 0 81b 1 14 91b 1 * 101b 1 44 111b . . 1 , 6 -Jd additional wat 0 8 19 12 10 18 10 2 2 2 0 2 8 2 0 3 2- 2 0 3 8 2 0 4 2 3 0 4 8 3 4 8 3 0 5 0 3 0 tax required on