POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 24, 3 May 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards, -Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for en.'ii ioz. or fraction thereof, and Jd 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 2s(l 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, £d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign. id per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must I)a left oper>, Commercial capers.—Town (foi rtccounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for first -loz. and Jd each succeeding 2oz. inland. Id for first 40z.. and Id for each succeeding 2oz. All other

places lOoz. 2£d and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Tn land, first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All other places, Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction Hi. Registration.—2d additional for all places. War Tax.- -id additional, is requited 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 addiessed and paid at rate of H for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under loz. and £d °ach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Cnargos.—At Exchanges continuous ly open—Business establishments. £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland. Wellington, Christcimrch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wangauui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from Q a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not texceed-

•hi additional war tax required' on each parcel.

i Money Orders. (By Post.)— Payi able in New Zealand for each £5 or ! fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2, 6d; £o. ! is- £7, Is 6d; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2s Od ; |£lo 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; .4s: maximum £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for each £1 or fraction there;. 0 . <By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every Lo or fraction of £6. and a telegraph fee of Is Australia, at rate of postal monev orders, plus telegraph charge, CABLE RATES. s. a. Australian States 0 4* P e , r word Fiji. 0 6" Norfolk Island 0 6 \ United Suit's 2a Id bo 2 d }> Cape Colony £ i\ » United Kingdom o u 2d addition,-.! war tax required on each message. , Signature and address counted a 0 part of the message}. Mhlh NOTICES.. Mails close at the Post Office. Stratford, as under: — For— „ , Auckland— Daily, S.lO a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at G p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 0.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 0 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. 6 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. Kioro—Monday, Wednesday, and. Enday, 6 p.m. Kohuratabi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.3 P 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 2.80 p.m. Makahu —Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday, 6 p in. MidhU :—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., d A 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m. 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Ngaere—Dailv. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and G p.m. Normanoy—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. Pohokiu i—Daily, 6 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., 5.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and f 5 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday, 8.30 a.m. To 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. 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 6 p.m. Wanganui- Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 j n m 2.30 n.m. and 6 p.m. Wellington—Dailv. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 j a.m., and 2.30 p.m. j Whangamnmona—Tuesday. Wednesday. Tlnirsdav. and Satnrdav. at | 8 p.m.; alao Monday and Saturday . ~ahora—Tnfsday. Wednpsd-v Saturday, fi p.m. ; also Mondays and at'P 30 a.m. 8. G. STANTON,

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