POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 32, 5 September 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL KATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland ..including Cook Islands), Id for end. loz. or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States, Rica, Egypt Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pern. Pago Pago. Paraguay. Portugal, and Portuguese Colonic': >iam Servia, and Postal Agencies ~i Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each uz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2iA for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Past Cards. —Inland, single, id ; reply. Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered). inland, $d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must bo left opo?". Cornmercias s-apers.—Town (foi 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 TOoz. 2id and *d for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern an,j Sample Packets.—ln laud, 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.- -.)d additional, is renuired on all the above. Newspapers.—Town and .Inland id each. United Kingdom, Australia. Canada. Ceylon. Tndir 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 M for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz.

TELEPHONES Cnarges. —At continuous Iv open—Business establishments. £7 ; private residences. £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 0 a.in. to 5 p.m. monev orders, plus telegraph charge. PARCEL POST* Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed

id additional "nr tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.)— Payable in Now Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, bd; £•->, Is; £7, Is 6d ; £l.O, 2s; £l2, 2s ou; £ls“ 8s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; 4s; mas.muni '£lo. United Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada. United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. fDy Telegrapn)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £o or fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal CABLE RA Tt >S. s. d. Australian States 0 H per word Fiji 0 Li Norfolk Island 0 b United Starts 2s Id to 2 3 Cape Colony - • United Kingdom 3 0 2d additional war tax required on each message. , (Signature and address counted as part of the message). MAIL NOTICfch.

Mails close at the Post Office. Strata ford, as under Auckland —Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at b p.m. Cardili'—Daily, 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.-8 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m.

I 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, C p.m. Hniroa—Daily, G p.m. ! Hurimoana— r l nesday, Wednesday and ; Saturday. C p.m. ; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 pm, \ and 6 p.m. j Kaponga—Daily. B p.m. | Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 6 P.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 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., and 2.30 p.ra. Makahn—Tuesday. Thursday and Sat- '■ urdny, 6 p.m. j Midhire i—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., (s' d 6 p.m. Now Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Mgaere—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 0 p.m, Normanhy—Daily, 8,10 n.m., 0.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.80 p.m. Pohokma—Daily, 6 p.m. Pumwha/cau—Mondays and Saturdays 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., Strathmore—Daily, 8 p.m. Rowan--Daily, 8 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tamakawa—Saturday. 8.80 a.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.rn. Toko—Daily, ti p.m.; also. Tuesday ] and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Tututawa—Monday and Saturday 8.30 a.m.; Wednesday, fi p.m. Wairarapa -Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 i a.m.. and 2.30 p m. Waitara—Daily,B.10 a.m. 12.2-5 p.m., ! and 6 p.m. Wanganui— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 930 1 a.m.. 2.30 n.m.. and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily. 8.10 ami, 930 i a.m., and 2.80 p.m Wh a n ga m o m o n a —Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, and Saturday, at [ 6 p.ra.; also Monday and Saturday •aher;;—Tuesday. Wednesday. Saturday. 0 p.m.; also Mondays and i P 30 a.m. 3 HDW

mg N.Z. Am». D.K. s. d. 8 C 1. s. d. 11 b 0 3 0 8 1 0 21 h 0 4J 1 2 1 0 31b 0 G 1 8 1 0 41b 0 7J 2 2 2 0 51b 0 9 2 8 2 0 61b 0 10i 3 2 2 2 0 71b 1 0 3 8 0 81b 1 u 4 2 3 0 91b 1 3 4 8 3 0 101b 1 4i 4 8 3 0 111b 1 6 5 0 3 0