POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 91, 14 November 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards—lnland (including Oook Islands), Id for eavn 4oz. or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions. United States, Chili. Costa Rica. Egypt Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies. Siam. Servia, and Postal Agencies m Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2i<3 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 (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must he 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. All other places lOoz. 2id and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern arid Sample Packets.—ln land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for ah places. War Tax.--id additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers. —Town and Inland id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India , Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal. Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over Bcz, sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of H for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz, and. id oach extra 2oz,

TELfcPHONEP Gnargea.—At laxcnangfi continuous iy open—Business establishments. £< private residences, £s' per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge 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.rn. to 5 p.m. monev orders. Plus telegraph charge. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceed

£<l additional war tax required on each parcel. _ Money Orders. (By Post.) -Payable in New Zealand, for each or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2 6d; ho, Is - £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2. 2s 6d ; £ls. 9s; £17,38 6d £2O: 4s; maximum £4O United Kingdom, Bntish Possessions, Canada. United btates. Hawaii and Germany 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegrap^) Within New Zealand. 3d for every £o or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal CABLE 8 . d Australian States J; 0 44 per word Fiji ° „ Norfolk island 0 o , United States 2s 4d to 2 }j Cape Colony 1 * 'SIS?™ J address counted as part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office. Stratford. as under;— Auckland —Daily, WO a.m.l also Tuesdays and Fridays. at b p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 8 p.m. jjouglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham— Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 0 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 . aud 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, G p.m. Huiroa—Daily. B p.m. Hurimoana —lues day, Wednesday end Saturday. 6 p.m.; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily. 8.10 a.xn.. 2,30 p-ni.

and G p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. . Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day. 0 P.m Kohuratahi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at G p.m. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.in. Lowgarth—Daily. 3 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. U-30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahn —Tuesday. Thursday and Sat-

urday, 6 p m. Midhi.r°t—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m.,

a .J 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. p.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Ngaere—Dailv. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m..

and 6 p.m, Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m

0.30 p.m., and fi p.m. I'hlrr,proton North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokun— Dailv (3 p.m. ,8.30 a.m. : Wednesdays, 6 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.1.0 a.m.. 9.30 r m ■■ ■- °frnt;imnro - Hull f p m - • - • -■ o. o ttl ('o-.r-i-> . D-mv fi p ni. n • i r and Saturdays at 8 80 a m. Toko—Daily, o p.m.; also. Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Tututnwa—Monday and Saturday 8.30 a.m.; Wednesday. 6 pm, Wairarapa -Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 pm. Waitara—Daily,B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., and 0 p.m. Wanganui— Dailv, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. 2,30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Wellington — Dailv. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Whansramomona—Tuesday, Wednes- ' dav Thursday, and Saturday, at 8 p.m.; also Monday and Saturday »ah»‘ra— I Tuesday. Wednesday. Saturday. 6 p.m.; also Moneys »rnJ Al W 0 u.ro.

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