POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 49, 25 September 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards Inland (including Oook Islands), Id for eai'i. ioz. or fraction thereof, and £d for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British' possessions, United Status, Chili. Costa Rica. Egypt Ttaly, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peni, Pago Pago, Pnraarnnv. Portugal, and Portupuesfl Color!'- >i;n,i rWvia, and I'oßtal Agencie,> ..i Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each «>z. ! or fraction thereof; all other ph.f'e.s for the first 055. or fraction thereof, and Ijd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, hi; all other places, single, Id; reply '2d Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, |d per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must he left open Commercial reapers.—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 lOoz. 2Jd and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern antf Sample Packets.—ln land, first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All other places, Id hrst 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction }<l. Registration.—2d additional for all places. War Tax.--Jd additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers.—Town and Inland 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 Boz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addtessed and paid at rate of H for first -loz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and id «ach extra 2oz. TELEPHONES Cnarges.—At bxclftangf j continuous ly open—Business establishments. £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal change of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Ajckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from Q a.m. to 5 p.m. uionev orders. Plus telegraph charge. PARCELi POST. Parcels posted In the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

£d additional V ar 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 ; £5, La; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; £ls 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; mum £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for sadi £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £o or fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee of la. Australia, at rate of postal CABLE RATVS. s. d. Australian States 0 4* per word Kiji 0 b Norfolk Island 0 6.' f United States -is Id to 2, 3 >f Cape Colony * •

United Kingdom 3 0 " 2d additional war tax required on each message. ~ a (Signature and address counted as part of the message). ; ' V MAIL NOTIGto.

Mails close at the Post Office, bcratl'ord\* as under •-- AuckknJ-Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at b p.m. Cardiff—Oaily, 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— Inesday, Wednesday and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m.

and 6 p.m. KaDonga—Daily. 8 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fn-

(lav. 6 D.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. Tiiursdav and Saturday. 6 pm. Midhir i—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., a.J 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 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 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokwi—Daily, 6 p.m. Pnniwhafcau—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 3.30 a.m. Tariki—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., Q trathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8 p.m.

and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily. 6 p.m.; also. Tuesday and Saturday, 8.80 a.m. Tututawa—Monday and Saturday 8.30 a.m. ; Wednesday. 6 p.m. Wairarapa -Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p tx. Waitara—Daily.B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanßanui—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 .a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whanpnmomona—Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Monday and Saturday ..an^ra—Tuesday, Wednesdnv Vaturday. 0 p.m. ; also Monday* and «* 0 SO a.m a TON

ing :— N.Z. Aus. O.K. 9 . d. 8. d. s. d. lib 0 3 0 8 1 0 21b 0 41 1 2 1 0 31b 0 6 1 8 i n 41b 0 71 2 2 2 0 51b 0 9 2 8 2 0 61b 0 10* 3 2 2 0 71b 1 0 3 8 2 0 81b . 1 H 4 2 3 0 91b 1 3 4 8 3 0 101b 1 41 4 8 3 0 111b 1 6 5 0 3 0