POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 95, 18 November 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. •*sL Letters and Letter Cards lulano .including Cook Islands), Id for eacl. 4oz. or fraction thereof, and id foj each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States,’ Chili. Costa Rica, Kgypt Italy. Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pern, Pago Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonize. Siam. Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof,; all other places 21c3 for the (iiiit oz. or fraction thereof, and lid Mr 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. )d per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must be left open. Commercial papers.— Town (foi rt o counts, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. inland. Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. AH other places lOoz. 2jd and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern anj Sample Packets.— ln laud, 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.- -|d additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers.— Town and Inland id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Tndir Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Bnz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of M for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All othei* places Id each under 4oz. and id «ach extra 2oz

TELEPHONES Cnarges.—At Exchanges continuous ly open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 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 0 a.m. to 5 p.m money orders, plus telegraph charge. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion fot "eliverv in New Zealand, not exceed

id additional war tax required or. each parcel. f4oney Orders. (By Post.)— Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2, 6d; £o. Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls. 3b; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; 4s; maximum £lO United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for each £J or fraction thereof (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand. 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5. and a telegraph foe of is. Australia, at 1 rate or postal

CABLE HATVB. 1 s. d. Australian States 0 HP 0 wor(^ I Fiji 0 6 ■ Norfolk Island 0 6 ( | United States 2s Id to 2 3 >f j Cape Colony * • 1 United Kingdom 3 0 ” i 2d additional war tax required on : (Signature lS and address counted part ol the message). MAIL NOTICfch. Mails close at the Tost Office. Stratford, as under i Auckland— Daily. 8.10 a.m.; also i Tuesdays and kndays. at b P-m- ---! Card ill—Daily. 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 P-m. * . Eliham— Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9-28 a.m-, ( 2.30 p.ni. 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.. 9.30 a.m . and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama— Daily, 6 p.m. . Huiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. , I Hurimoaua —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 rncTav. 0 n.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Lowgarth—Daily, S p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 ii.ra., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday. Thursday and Sat- | urday. 6 pm. Midhir.t—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., a .d 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.iu. , Norraanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 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. Pohokma —Daily. 6 p.m. 8.30 a.m. ; Wednesdays. 6 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 n m p rrt To ...' • -r. V • . o Strathmore P-vlv r n.m **'■ «.m. Rowan Diily. ' om. find (l ■■ m Tan-i 1 ’ 1 T* 1 " rn T_ ,-r, and Saturdays at 8-80 a m. Toko—Daily. 6 p.m.; also. Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Tututawa—Monday and Saturday 8.30 j a.m.; Wednesday. 6 p.m. j Wairarapa -Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 j a.m., and 2.30 pm. Waitara—Daily,B.lo n.m. 12.25 p.m., j 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 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday, and Saturday, at j 6 p.m.,; also Monday and Saturday , nh'»ra—Tuesday, Wednesday. ’Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Monday* and * «t) tyJO sm.

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