POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 65, 21 June 1916, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for eavii 4oz. or fraction thereof, and £d for each succeeding 2oz, Nnitcd Kingdom, British possessions, United States, .Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria," Pern, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonws, Siam. Servia, and Postal Agencies ia Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each t>z. or fraction thereof; all other ph.ces for the iirst oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeediug oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, £d; reply. Id; all other places, dingle, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—AH places, £d per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, £d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must be left opc*\ Commercial capers.—Town (fot accounts, etc., only) $d for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz. and Id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and -}d for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2£d 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 ether places, Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction £d. Registration.—2d ..additional for all places. War additional, is requited on all the above. Newspapers.—Town and Inland id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Indif Jamaica. N-\tal, Orange Kiver, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal. Id each paper. If under Boz. sent bv first available route; over Boz. sent bv direct steamer only; unless specially addiessed and paid at rate of H for first 4oa. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All otiier places Id each under 4oz. aruJ Ad "*ch extra 207. 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 Ajckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Paimerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. monev orders, i)lus telegraph charge. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted In the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post.)— Payable in New Zenland. for each £sor fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, **.<*}; **>, la- £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d.; £ls 3s; £l7, 3s 6d £2O; 4* mum £4O. United-Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. United btates Hawaii and Germany 3d, lor each U or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)Within New Zealand, 3d tor every £o or fraction of £5. and a telegraph tee If la Australia, at rate ot postal CABLE «**«**. B. d. Australian States 0 4* per word Fiji , l f fi " Norfolk Island . , 0 6 United Stat.s -»s 4d to 2 .. }J Cape Colony - ' „ s&££%l .<!«•«» counted ». part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. ' Mails close at the Post Office. Stratford, as under:-AuXaml-Daily, 8.10 ..«•; *J«> Tuesdays and Fridays, at b p.m. 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 6 p.m.

Hawera-Daily. 3.10 a.m.. 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay-Daily, B.IU a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama— Daily, 6 p.m. Huifoa— Daily. 6 P- m - r , , „,, HuVimoana-Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. C p.m.; also Mondays Inglewood-Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Kaponsa—Daily, 8 p.m Kiore— Monday, Wednesday, and *"- Kohumtahi-S'esday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.3t J a.m. and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Lowgartli— Daily. 8 p.m. Mahoe— Daily, 8 p.m.Main Trunk-Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., nnd 2.30 p.m. Makalm— Tuesday. Thursday and Sata.m.. 2.30 p.m., New a plvmouth-Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 n ni. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. N R aere—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~"G p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.39 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokui a—Daily. 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Mondays and Saturdajs 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. Ftrathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Saturdays afc 8.30 a.m. Tariki— Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa— Saturday. 8.30 a.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko— Daily. 6 p.m.; also. Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Tu'tntawa —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 n. Waitara—Dnily.B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Wellington—Dailv. 8.10 a.m., 9.09 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Wednesday. nnd Satufdnv, *t 6 p.m.; also Monday and Saturday kabovn— Tuesday, Wednesday. Saturday, 6 p.m.; also "ondays and it M 9 a.m _^„ ft (B. STANTON,

mg:— N.Z. Aus. U.K. B. ll. s. d. s. d. lib 0 3 0 8 1 0 21b 0 4i 1 2 1 0 31b 0 6 1 8 1 0 41b 0 n 2 2 2 0 51b 0 9 2 8 2 0 61b 0 101 ■ 3 2 2 0 71b 81b 91b 1 0 s . 1 1* 1 3 3 8 4 2 4 8 2 0 3 0 3 0 101b 1 41 4 8 9 5 111b 1 6 id additional war 5 0 a- u i tax required on each parcel ;. _