POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 76, 3 July 1916, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL r.ATES. Letters and Letter Cards Inland (including Oook Islands), Id for ea-JIJ 4oz. or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions, , United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt. Italy, Mexu co, Nicaragua, Nigeria,' Peru, Pago Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Co!onl#s, Siain. Servia, auJ Postal Agencies in : Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each uz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2J<l for tho first' oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; i reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books 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 mu3t be left oper». Commercial papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for-.first 4oz. and id 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 ana Sample Packets.—ln land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All other places, Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. War Tax.- -id additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Can- ■ ada, Ceylon, Indir Jamaica. Nital, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id eaoh paper. If under

Boz. sent by first available route; ovei Boz. 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 4oz. and *d «ich extra 2oz. TELEPHONES CnargM.-rAt Exchanges continuoiialy open—Business establishments. £7; private Exchanges not continuously open,«an equal charge of £5. * Telephone Exchanges at A jckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedtn, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmer ston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchange? chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. : monev orders, Plus telegraph charge.

PARCEL POST.

Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed

. jjfr ■ additional war tax required on each parcel. iloniy Orders. (By Post^ -Payable in New Zealand, tor each £6 oi £%&&■*&. 3d. Commonwealth, Fim< Samoa and Tonga, £?. 6d ? * 5 ' !«•* £7 *ls 6d: £iO t 2s: £l2, 2s 6d; sfc U ; £l7? 4s r max. mum £4O. "United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. TJmted States, Hawaii and Germany 3d for aach U infraction thered. ?By Telegraph)WithS New Zealand 3d for every £o or fraction of £5. and a telegraph tee oils Australia, at rato ot postal CABLE RA^S. Australian States o"* 4i'per word Fiji ' • . 0 8" Norfolk ißland « » f United Statos -V 4d to 2 A „ Cape Colony- f *. „ pari of the 'message). MAIL NOTICES. MaUs close at the Post Office, ford, as under:— Cardiff— Daily, Bp.m. • ,2.30 pm. and o p.m. Hawera-Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. . a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama— Daily, 6 p.m. , Saturday. 6 p.m.; also Mondays , Inglewood-Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Kaponga— Daily, B',p.m fidre-Monday, Wednesday, and Fn-Kohumtahi-Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at (fp.m.j; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.-W a.m. and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Lowgarth—Daily. 8 p.m. Mahoe— Daily, 8 p.m. n Main Trunk-Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 0.30 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Makahu— Tuesday. Thursday and batMidhh da iD 6 a|y m B.IO a.m.. 2.30 p.m., p.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. WomSnby-iyaily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. / '2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmereton North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohpkuiv-Dailv. 6 p.m. . Puniwhafcau— Mondays and Saturdays 8.30,a.m.: Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Itowan—Daily, 8 tp.nt. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Stj-athmore—Daily, 8 p.m. Satiirdavs at 8.30 a.m. Tariki—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday. 8.30 a.m. TV Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko— Dally. 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, g.lO a.m.. 9.30 . a.m.. and 2.30 p -u. \ Waltara—Daily.B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., ; and 6 p.m. Wancianui— Dailv, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 *,. a.m.. 2.30 P.m.. and 6 p.m. Wellington—Dnilv. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 ■ and 2.30 p.n? WhflneaF ,orr inTii—TTiesdflv • day. ThnrsrW. and Sat" r^', -< T f>t .. C p.m.; alfo Bfnnday and Saturday !»aaom—-Tuesday. Wednesday, Satur- . „day. .6. p.m.; also llondays and • ■, al **B a.ffl I

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