POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 46, 21 September 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL KATES. Letters and Letter Cards Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States. Chili. Rica. Egypt. Italy, Mexi- , co, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portu ztiese Colonies. Siam. Servia. and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treat} Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places for the 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. reply 2d Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (regis tered), inland, id for every Boz. ot fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof One end must be left open Commercial rapers.—Town (for nccounts, etc.. only) id 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. 2id and id for every additional 2oz. COpen for inspection). Pattern anrj Sample Packets.—ln land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof . ')ver 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. *d each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Indif Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands. »nd Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of H for first 4oz. and id for each 2oz. All other places Id ?ach under 4oz. and *d extra 2oz. TELLPHONES Cnarges.—At "bxcnangri continuous iy:opeu—Business establishments. £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Ajckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. tnvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palinerstoo North, arid Wanganui are open ill day and ah night. The other Exchanges chiefly from Q a.m. to 5 p.m. monev orders. Plus telegraph charge. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted In the Dominion foi delivery in New Zealand, not exceed

id additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.) --Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d Common wealth, ITiji, Samoa, and Tonga, U bd, to. La- £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s W, £ls 3s; £l7, 3s 6ci £2O: 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, Bntwb Possessions, Canada. United Mates* Hawaii and Germany. 3d for sadi fcJ or fraction therecf. 'By Telegraph)Within New Zealand. 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5. and a telegraph tee of Is. Australia, at rate 'if postal GABLE RATSS. b. d. Australian States 0 t* per w«d Kiii Norfolk island jj J '„ United Stat-s "Ja id to 2- f| Cape Colony « ' part oi the message). MAIL NOTJ&feJ» Mails close at the Post Cilice. otrafcford, as under : AuckfwJ-Daily. 8.10 a.m.; 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.in . and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama— Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa— Daily. G 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. Karxmga—Daily, 8 p.m. Kiore Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 0 n.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. Lowgarth—Daily. S 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.

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