POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 59, 6 October 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTA7. RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland including v.ook island:-), Id lor ea-jli loz. or iraction thereof, and £d tor each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States. Ciiiii. Co<ta Rica. Kgypt Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, and Porfcu-guec-t! Colonic'-. ->),i..jj. Servin, and fostul Agencies i.i Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each vz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2£d for ,tho first' oz. or fraction thereof, and ljd tor each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, sd; 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, |d per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must be left ope." Commercial rapers.—Town (foi accounts, etc., only) \d for '2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz and Jd each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and Jd for eacii succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2£d and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern Sample Packets. —In land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz! as for "all other,places." All other places. Id hrst 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction \d. Registration.—2d additional for all places. War Tax.- -Jd additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers.—Town and Inland. Jd 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 addressed and paid at rate of H for first 4oz. and -id for eacb succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and *d <ww;h extra 2oz

TELLPHONES Cnarges. —At bxcnangcj continuous 1y open—Business establishments. £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal change, of £5. Telephone Exchanges at AjckJand Wellington, Christchureh, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open nil day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from °. a.m. to 5 p.m. monev orders." Plus telegraph charge. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the nonunion foi delivery in New Zealand, not exceed

Jd additional war tax required 01) 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; to. Lb- £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6dj £ls 3s- £l7, 3s 6d. £2O; 4s; maximum £4o.' United Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada. United States Hawaii and Germany 3d for sacb £1 or fraction thered. (By Within New Zealand, 3d for every £o or fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee of Is Australia, at rate ot postal

GABLE RAr*S. b. d. Australian State 0 4* per ward Fiji . SJ» Norfolk Island " D „ United States -'a id to •* 6 ■;. Cape Colony « ' Un i ted adSn:rwar J veqmred on Sta'tmHnd address counted as part of the message). v MAIL NOTlCfea- * Mails close at the Post Office. Swatford, as under:Au F cSana-Dailj, 3.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays und Fridays, at b p.m. Cardiff— Daily, 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Sam-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 pm. Hawke's Bay-Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 3.30 a.m . and 2.30 p.m. Hiiiakama— Daily, 6 P-m. Huiroa—Daily. 6 P-m Huriraoana— Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. 6 p.m.; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. . Kiore —Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, fl r>.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. Low garth—Daily. S p.m. Mahoe— Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.80 p.m. Makahn—Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday. 0 pm. Midhirb— Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., A - ,1 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.SQa.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. Pohokun —Daily. 6 pm. Puniwhafcau—Mondays and Saturdays 8.30 a.m.; Wednesdays, 6 p.m. South Island—Daily. S.lO a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Saturdays at .8.30 a.m. Tariki—Daily. 810 a.m., 2.30 p.m., —Daily, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8 p.m. and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday. 8.30 a.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily. 6 p.m.; also. Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Tututawa—Monday and Saturday 8.80 a.m.; Wednesday. 6 p.m. Wairarapa -Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p u. Waitara—Daily.B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m.,1 and 0 p.m. Wangnnni—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m.. 2.80 n.rn.. and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80; a.m.. and 2.30 p.m '. Whaneamomona—Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday, and Saturday, at! 0 p.m.; also Monday and Bftfciirds» nti'Ta —Tuesday. Wednesday. Satnrdnv n n.m. ; also Mondays and H| £3O a.m.

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