POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 100, 29 July 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL rrATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland including .Jook Islands), Id for ea-li 4oz. or fraction thereof, mid id for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions. United States, Chili. Costa Rica. Kgypt. Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies. Siaru. Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, id for each uz. or fraction thereof; all other plr.ees for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and IUI for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —Inland, single, id ; reply, Id: all other places, single. Id; replv 2d Printed Papers (including Books ■ and Magazines, not registered).—All places, Jd per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every So/., or fraction thereof. Foreign, \d per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must bo left oper. Commercial papers.—-Town (foi accounts, etc., onJ.v) id for 2ozs., or Id for first <loz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and |d for each succeeding 2oz. All other idaces lOoz. 2Jcl and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern a"d 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 id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. War Tax.- -id additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers. —Town and id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Indif 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 addressed and paid at rate of H for first 4oz. and i<\ for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each ui)dor 4oz. and *d «ach txtra 2oz

TELEPHONES Gnarges.—At l'jxrtianges continuous ly open—Business establishments. £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continnously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Kxehanges at Ajckland, Wellington, ChristcHurcb, Duuedin, Lnvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. ' The other Exchanges chiefly from °. 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-

ed additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.) -Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga., £2 6d; Lo, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s ud ; 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; 4s; niaxiuium £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. United States Hawaii and Germany 3d for aacU £1 or fraction thered. (By Telegraph)Within New Zealand. 3d for every £o or fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal CABLE RAYVS,

B. <J. Australian States 0 4* per word Fiji X fi » .Norfolk Island . 2 S •» United States 5a Id to I < : „ Cape Colony * ' „ United Kingdom «* ~«( llllrfld on 2d additional war tax required on address counted as Mails close at the Post Office, ford, as under:— Au F c°kl7nd r Dail y 8.10 ..«.! also 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. 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. 6 p.m.; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Kaponga— Daily. 8 p.m Iviore—Monday, Wednesday, and *"- dav. 6 P.m. , . . Kohuratahi-Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Mondays and Saturdays at S.3P 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. Makahu— Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. 6 p.m. Midhiri— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., ar.d 6 p.m. ,„,, New i'lymmith-Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaere—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. „ ntx Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. J'almerstou North— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0,30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokui % —Daily. G p.m. Puniwhakau—Mondays and Saturday t 8.30 a.m. : Wednesdays, 6 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Tariki—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., atratbmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8 ro.m. and 6 p.m Taurakawa—Saturday. 8.30 a.m. T e Wera— Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Dnilv. o p.m.: also. Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Tututawa—Monday and Saturday 8.30 a.m.; Wednesday. 6 P- m - Watrarapa -Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p ti. Waitara—Daily.B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., and B p.m. WanprnnnU Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Wellington—Dnilv, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m Whangamomona—Tuesdnr Wednesday. Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Monday and Saturday iflhora—Tnoßrlav. Wednosdnv. Saturday, R p.m.- also Mondays and «* » 30 a.m % TON

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