POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 7, 11 April 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —lnland (including Cook Islands), I<l ior hacu 4oz. 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 Portuguese Colonies, Siam. Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or. fraction thereof; all other places for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz, or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —Inland, single, id; reply. Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—Alt places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered). inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or {faction thereof One end must be left ope:'. Commercial papers.—Town (foi accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz. and |-d .each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id-for first 40z.. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern Sample Packets.—ln 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 i-d Registration.—2d additional ior all places. War Tax.--id additional, is reoaired on all the above. Newspapers.— Town and Inland ju each, United Kingdom, Australia. Canada, Ceylon, India. Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal. Id each paper. It under rfoz sent by first available route; ovei Boz. sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of H for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under -loz. a>nd id each extra -oz. telephones. Cnarges.—At Exchanges continuous ly open—Business establishments, £• ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges, not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, lalmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. Tho-otner Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to o p.m.

PARCEL POST.

Parcels posted In the Dominion foi delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

each .parcel. s Money Orders. (By Post.,— Payable in New Zealand, lot each four fraction of £5. 3d. Co.nm°nweolth, Pip, ■ Samoa, and longa, £-. Od, po, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO 2s; £l2, 2s fan, £ls 3s; £l7, 3s 6<i, £2O ; 4s; maMmura £4O. United Kingdom. Bntirii Possessions, Canada. United States Hawaii and Germany 3d tor each U or fraction thereof. (By Pelegiaph) Within New Zealand 3d for every £- or fraction of £5. and a telegrapn fee 0 f is. Australia, at rate ot postal money orders. i>lus telegraph charge. GABLE RATtS, s. d. Australian States 0 11 P* word Fiji . “ 5 Norfolk Island J United Stab's -a Id to •- ~ Jape Colony f „ D S£S«r tJ mulrei on address -counted as purl of the message).

MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office'. Stratford, as under Auckland— Daily. 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays ana Indays, at 0 p.m. Cardiff' —Daily, 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Elbham— Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.28 a.n ~ 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. lHawera— Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.00 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. 6 p.m Hurimoana-Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. 6 p.m.; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 0 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m Kiore— Monday, Wednesday, and ruday. 6 p.m. ' Kohuratahi —Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Mondays and SatA'days 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.. 9-30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahn— Tuesday. Thursday and Sat urd'tv 6 p rn. Midhr Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., a'd 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8,10 a.m. 12.10 p.ni.. 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Ngaere—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 0 P ni Normanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m, 2.30 p.m.. and 0 o m. Palmerston North— Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Pohokma —Daitv. 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —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 "m. and 230 r».m. Strathmore —Daily, 8 p.m. ..ahora—Tuesday. Wednesday. Saturday. 0 p.m. : also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Tariki—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 pm.. and f? p.m. Tau'-akawa— Saturday, 8,30 a.m. To Wera—Daily, 0 p.m. Tnkn—TtaPv. 0 n.m.; also. Tuesday and Saturday. B.3ft a m. Tututawa—Mrmdav and 'Saturday 8.30 n.m. : 0 p.m Wnirnrana— Daily. 8.10 n.m.. 0.30 a.m. find 2.30 n.m. Waitam— Daily.B.lo a.rn, 12.20 p.m., and 0 n m Wanna mil—Dailv. B.lft am.. 0.30 nra 9 0(1 ~ n 1 and 0 n.m. W.dKa.rfnn— TV. d- «10 a.m.. 0 or t ain aarl 930 n.m WJinno'amnmnna Tlieada" Wadnnq. 'pl,„aa,l%a. a- 1 C., 1.... T P j>.rn. ; nlrn Monday and Saturday a* Q 30 a.m g r} ST VVTON. Postmaster.

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