POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 25, 4 May 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL HATES. Letters and Letter Cards.- Inland ('including Cook Islands), Id for «av»: I •toz. or fraction thereof, and for each succeeding 2oz, Nnitod Kingdom. British possessions. United States, I Chili. Costa Rica. Egypt. Italy, i co, Nicaragua. Nigeria, Peru. Pago j Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portu- 1 guese Colonies, Siam. Servia, and | Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty j Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction i thereof; all other places for the i first 07, . or fraction thereof, and l.Vd for each succeeding oz. or fraction 1 thereof,. Post Cards.—lnland, single, -Jd ; re- j ply,, Id;,all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, jd per 2oz. Magazines (registered). inland, Ad for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must be left opo"

Commercial gapers.—Town (foi *cconnts, etc., only) Ad for 2ozs. or Id for first 4nz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2)d and Ad for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern antf Sample Packets. —In land, i-d first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places. M All other places, Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction i)d. Registration.—2d additional for all places. War Tax.- -Ad additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers.—Town and id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India. Jamaica. Nataly Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id oacli paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over So/,, sent liv. direct steamer only ; unless specially addiessed and paid. at rate of 1 d for first 4oz. and Ad for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and Jd °ach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Cnarges.—At Exchanges continuous l.y open-—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at A ickland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and night. The other Exchanges chiefly from d a.m. to 5 p.m. i . PARCEL POST. i . Parcels posted; in the ffpinimon. for. delivery in New Zealand, not exeqed-

kl additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.)— Payable in New Zealand, for each £sor fraction 'Of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, od, £o> Is : £7, 19 Gd; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls 3s; £l7, 3s Cd, £2O ; 4s; maximum £lO. : United Kingdom, British ■Possessions., Canada. Baited States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d lor each -J or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)-. Within New Zealand.- 3d for every £.) Or fraction of >£s. and a telegraph fee of is Australia, at rate of postal monev orders. Plus telegraph charge.

CABLE KATES.

2d additional war tax required oi address counted » 01 %st?sv.oes.

Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford. as under ;

Auckland-Daily. 8.10 a.m. j affio Tuesdays and Fridays, at G P >in> Cardiff—Daily. 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily. 6 p.m. Eltham —Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and b p.m.

Hawera— Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.50 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. Huiakama—Daily, G p.m. Huiroa—Daily. 0 p.m. Hurimoana— Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, C p.m.; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and G p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. . Kioro—Monday. Wednesday, and Friday. G p.m. Kohnratahi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. T.owgarth—Daily, 8 p.m. Mahne--Daily. S p.rn. Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makalm—Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. (i p m. Midhit Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., a 3 0 p.m. ■ New Ply month—Daily, 8,10 a.m. 12.1 b p.m. 2.30 p.m.. and G p.m. Ngaere—Daiiv, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Normanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.rn. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m.. and 2.80 p.m. PohokiiM—-Daily. G p.m. Puniwhakau—Mom!ay s and Saturdays 8.30 a.m.; Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8 p.rn. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.rn. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m, Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Tanrakawa—-Saturday. 8.30 a.m. Te Wera- Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily. G p.rn.; 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.rn. 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 p.m.. and G p.m. Wellington—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.rn. Whangamomnna Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6p ,m.; also Monday and Saturday . aho-a—Tuesday. Wednesday. Saturday. G p.m. ; also Monday-, and »t 830 a.m. q gTANTON,

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