POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 58, 5 October 1916, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL HATES. Ltttera and Letter Cards.—iniand * (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, /British possessions, United States,’ Chili, Costa Rica. Egypt Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Porn, Pago Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, nod p or *„. guese Colonies. Siam. Senna, and Postal ..Agem-iea lfl Chinese Treaty ■ Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2idl 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; vSHy 2d Printed Papers (including Books and .Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines lregi«tered). inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof Cue end must be left open Commercial papers.—'Town (for 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. AH other places lOoz. 2id . and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern anp Sample Packets.— -In land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof: i over 2oz. as for “all other places.” AH j other places. Id first 40z., every ad- i ditionnl 2oz. or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all , places. War Tax.--id additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers. —Town and Inland Jd j each. United Kingdom, Australia, Can- j ada, Cevlon. Indif Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and | Transvaal. Id each paper. If under ( Boz. sent by first available route; oyer ! Boz. sent bv direct steamer only ; un- [ less specially addiossed and paid at i rate of )d for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. A|t other places Id each under 4oz. and id »ach extra 2oz. . TELEPHONES

. iCkLrnuncs — At EsrUangf i continuous ly open—Business establishments, £" ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal cha.-ge 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 9 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-

each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.)— Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5; Bd. Common wealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2 Gd, £5, i B . £7, la 6d; £lO, 2a; £l2. -s 6d, £ls 3s; £l7, 3s Cd. £2O; -is; maximum £4O. Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. United Jstoteß, Hawaii and Germany. 3d ior -atli £1 or fraction theroci. (By Telcgrapa) Within New Zealand 3d for every £• nr fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee or » actlo y ßtral - a) at rate of postal

CABLE RATVS. s. d. Australian States 0 po n w6r * Fiji , X « .. Norfolk Island 0 6 United States 2s Id be 2 3 Cape Colony “ *

- | «w»»» cou,>t<,d as Mails close »t the po3t Office, ocratford, as under:— incktoJ-Mj. 8.10 ».m.i Tuesdays and Fridays, at b p.m. j C&wiiff —Daily, 8 p.m. DoAstias— Daily, 6 p.m. I Elthrun —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 6p m. ; ' Hawke’s Day—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9*30 ( a.m.. and 2.30 P.m. Huiakama— Daily, 6 p.m. j 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 0 P.m* Kaponga—Daily. 8 p.m. . i Kioro— Monday, Wednesday, and Fn-i flay. 6 o.m. , ~ Kohuratahi— Tuesday. Wednesday and! Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. 1 and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. J 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 Satuxday. 6 p.m, Midhir e t—Daily, 8,10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 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 2.80 p.m. Pohokuia—Daily. 8 p.m. Puniwhakau—Mondays and Saturdays 8.30 a.m.; Wednesdays, 6 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 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, 0 p.m. Rowan-Daily, 8 p.m. and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday. 8,80 a.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily. 8 p.m.; also. Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Tntutawa—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 -n. —Daily,B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—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 r> ra Wbap»arrf<mnrin —Tuesday. Wednesday T' ■•rsd'iv. end Saturday, at 9 p.m.; also Monday and Saturday *ahr>ra—Tuesday. Wednesday, Saturday, 9 p.m.; also Mondfivc and ♦<•»■) a.m. “* tON

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