POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 84, 6 November 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. ! Letters and Letter Cards lulaud . including .Jook islands), Id for easi loz. or fraction thereof, and $d for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom ! British possessions. United States 'Chili. Costa Rica. Egypt Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago iPapo Paraguay. Port.igal. and Portatrue.se Colonics. Siant. Servia, and Postal Agencies m Chinese Treatj Ports. Id for each uz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2}fl for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ljd or each succeeding oz. or fraction •hereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, *d; re ply, Id; ail other places, single, Id reply 2d

Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, jd per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, $d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign. £d per 2oz or fraction thereof One end must be left oper\

| Commercial papers.—Town (for «jcJcounts, etc., only) \d for 2ozs.. or Id jfor first 4oz and i«l each succeeding |2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and $d for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2£d and }d for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern anjj Sample Packets.—ln land, £d first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." AH i other places. Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction sd. i Registration.—2d additional for all places. War Tax.--§d additional, is . required on all the above.

j Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id J each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canjada, Ceylon, Indif Jamaica. JNhtal, ! Orange River, Souih Sea Islands, and iTransvaal, Id each paper. If under Roz. sent by'first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at I rate of H for firsL 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under ksz. and *d ««(.h extra 2oz. TELEPHONES Cnarges.—At Excnangf s continuous ly open—Business establ.shments. £7 ; j private residences, £5 per annum. \ Exchanges not continuously open, an equal change of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Ajckland, Wellington, Christehurch, Dunedin, Jnvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston. North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 0 a.m. to 5 p.m. /nonev orders, plus telegraph charge. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted io the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

id additional war tax reauired on each parcel. Monoy Orde.rß. (By Post.)— Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2a 6d; £ls 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; 4s; maximum £4O, United Kingdom, British I'ossossibns; Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for sach £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal • - ■ CABLE RA*«iS. 1 Axistraiian States 0 ij per word , ivyj rao ia iv 0 b " ' .sffiolk Island 0' 6 '] United Stat.s 2a 4d to 2 3 ? Cape tJolony • United Kingdom 3 0 " 2d additional war tax required on each message. .(Signature and address counted »» I pun oi the message). MAIL NOTICED. Mails close at the Post Uthce. Stratford, as under :-•- it or— , Auckland—DaUy, 8.10 a.m.; also fueteUdya and Fridays, at b p.m. Cardiff—Dady. 8 p.m. I Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.255a.m.,

2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Haw era—Daily. B.IU a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. aud 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30

a.m . and 2.30 p.m. liuiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. Hunmoana— 'luesday, 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 Fn

flav. 6 D.m. Koburatahi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.3<? a.m. Lowgarfch—Daily, S p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu— Tuesday. Thursday and Sat-

urday. 6 p.m. ! BlidfaiK*—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.80 p.m., I a*.d 6 p.m. ! N t pw 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. Norraanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m. ;!.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Pohokuri—Daily. 6 p.m. Puniwhakan—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. Tnriki—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., Qtrathmoro—Daily, 6 p.m.

Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Rowan—Daily, 8 p.m. and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Saturday. 8.30 a.m. T e Wera —Daily, 6 p.m. and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Toko—Daily. 6 p.m.; also. Tuesday

and Saturday, 8.30 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 "O. Waitara—Daily.B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wnnganui— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m.

Wellington—Dailv. 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., and 2.30 p.m Whangnmomona—Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, and Sntnrday, at 6 p.m. ; also Monday and Satnrdsy dti^ra—Tuesday. Wednesday. Saturday, fi p.m.; olso Mondays and « • SO 6,D)

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