POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 10, 10 August 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL^nATES. 4 Letters and Letter Cards —lnland (including Cook Islands), Id lor oavn 4oz. or fraction thereof, and "‘|d for each succeeding 2oz. Nnited Kingdom, British possessions. United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egvpt 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 2i<?; for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid 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, id per 2oz, Magazines (registered). inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign-, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must be left open, i Commercial papers. —Town (foi accounts, etc,, only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 4bz;. apd id for each succeeding; 20z.; All other places lOoz. 2id aud id for every additional 2oz. (Open for, inspection). Pattern anp Sample* Packets.— ln land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.?’ All other places, Id firstf 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, Canada, Ceylon. Tndif Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal. Id each paper. If undei Boz. sent by first available route; ovei

Boz. sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addtessed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and -i-d each extra 2oz ft I ... ■■ •'■ St -X i ! 1 telephones nf Cnarges,—At h/senanges cbntinuoiis It i establishments. £7 Exchanges not continuously, open, an equal charge ol £5. 1 Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day aud all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 0 a.m. to 5 p.m. monev orders. Plus telegraph charge. PARCEL POST... v Parcels posted in the.-Dominion foi delivery iu New Zealand, not exceed

additional war tax required on each parcel. . Money Orders. (By Post.) -Payable ill New Zealand, tor each to or fraction of £5, 3d, ° ol^ o '2? l^’ Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2 bd, to. Is £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; ilfe 3s- £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; 4s; maxnnini £4O. United Kingdom, Bntwh Possessions. Canada, United States* Hawaii and Germany. 3d tor each £i or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph) Within New Zealand 3d for every £u or fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal

CABLE HATE'S. Australian States 0 4 * pe „ w ° rd Fiji , Norfolk Island 'J United States 2s 4d to 2 .. „ Cape Colony q - # / United Kingdom ; 3 red on 2d additional war tax uquuea each message. " . ' ’ , mlte d as (Signature and - address counted part of the message). P MAIL NOTiCES. Mails close at the Post Othce. afford, as under Auckland— Daily , 8.10 a.m.; »|»> Tuesdays and hndays. at b p.m. Cardiff— Daily, 8 p.m. , Douglas—Daily, 0 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 0 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. 0 P lll , Hurimoana—T uesday, Wednesday and Saturday. 6 p.m.; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 2, 30 p. . and 0 p.m. Kaponga—Daily. 8 p m „ . Kiore— Monday. Wednesday, and dav. 0 D.m. , m . Kohuratahi— 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.. 0-30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. 0 p.m. „ Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. 10 , P New Plymouth—Daily. B. 10 a.m. 12.10 p.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p m. Ngaere—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 8 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokm i—Daily. 0 p.m. Puniwhakau—Mondays and Saturdays 8.30 a.m. ; Wednesdays, 6 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.1.0 a.m.. 8.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Tont-i—TVVi’D 510 am. 230 p m., Strathmore—Daily. 6 p.m. , j Rowan—Daily, 3 p.m. and 0 n.m e

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