POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 93, 16 November 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. ' Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland .including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions. United States’ Chili, Costa Rica, Fgypl Italy. Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam. Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2J(S for the 'irst oz. or fraction thereof, and IJd or each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; nil 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, |d per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must lie left open. Commercial papers.—Town (for Accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4nz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places looz. 2td and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern ana 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 all places. War Tax.--id additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers. —Town and Inland id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Indir Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal. Id each paper. If under Roz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent hy 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 loz. and. Ad each extra 2oz

TELEPHONES Cnarges. —At Excnangfi continuous ly open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £6 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 ar© open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from d a.m. to 5 p in monev orders. Plus, telegraph charge. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted to the Dominion foi delivery in New Zealand, not exceed

,pl additional war tax required or. 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; Lois; £7. Is (id; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £l3 ; 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; 4a j maximum £4O United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d foi uach £i or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand. 3d for every £o or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate o. postal

GABLE SM'S. s. d. Australian States 0 word ‘Fiji 0 ? ; Norfolk Island 0 b United States 2s Id to 2 3 „ Cape Colony * . United Kingdom 3 0 ” •2d additional war tax required on each message. . uc (Signature and address counted a. part ol the message).

MAIL NOTlCfeh. !■ Mails close at the Tost Office. Stratford, as under; — Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.j, also Tuesdays and Fridays, at b p.m. Cardiil—Daily. S p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. EJthaiu— Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 0.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Bawera —Daily. a.lO a-m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p m, Hawke’s Kay—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 —'Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. (5 p.m.; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. arni 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 6 D.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Mon- : days and Saturdays at 8.3 P a.m. Lowgarth—Daily, 8 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 Sat urchv. 6 p in Mi3hit 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., 0.30 a.m. P. 30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokm i—Daily. 6 p.m. 5.30 a.m. ; Wednesdays, (1 p.m. South Island—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 '

a.m --.i ■)'•!■ ~ m T„ ..I ■ ■ i. Q tratl’ mem r 0 nl • ’ " "" H.lfl. T> ''«lv 8 om, and H •' rr; Ton-r 1 , rv, and Saturdays at 8.80 a.m. Toko—Daily. 6 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 m. Waitara—Daily,B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., ; and 6 p.m. Wanganni— 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 Whangnmomona —Tuesday. Wednpsdnr. Thursday, and Saturday, at : 6 p.m.; also Monday and Saturday ’ nh^ra—Tuesday. Wednesday. Saturday, R p.m.; also Mondays and nl 9-iO ft II!.

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