POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 96, 20 November 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards Inland .including Oook Islands), Id for" eiu'li toy., or fraction thereof, and £d for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States Chili, Costa N H.<vi, Kgypt Italy, Mesioo. Nicaragua, Vieeria. Peni, Pago, Paraguay, Portugal. :;«ir] Portuguese Colon'"*, Sj alu ttervia, and Postal Agencies ,a Chinese Treaty Porta. Id for each oz. or fraction. thereof; all other places 2*<3 for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and J|d for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, Jd; 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. $d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must bo left opo"

Gomroeroiai rapers.—Town (foi *o. counts, etc.. only) hd for 2ozs., or Id for first. 4oz and £u each succeeding 2oz. inland. Id for first 4oz. and itd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2*d and Jd for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection) Pattern an*j Sasipie Paokets.—ln land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2os!. as for "all other places." All other place?, Id first 40a.. every additional 2oz. or fraction Jd. registration.—2d additional for all places. War Tax.-4d additional, is required on all the above.

Newspapers.—Town and Inland *d each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Indif Jamaica. Nitai, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Roz. sent by first available route; ovet Soz. gent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Jd for first 4oz. and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other placos Id each under loz. and *d «<M.h extra 2oa.

TELEPHONES Cnargss.—At hxctiatigp s continuous ly open—Business estabhshmeuts. £7 ■ private residences, £6 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal eha/ge of £o. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Paltnerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. monev orders, plus telegraph charge PARCEL POST. Parcels pos*ed in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed>ng:--

H additional war tax reauired on each parcel. Money OrSfifß. (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 64; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls 3s; £l7, 3s 64, £2O; 4s; maximum £4O, United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. United States. Hawaii and Germany. 3d for aacb £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 KA* r »'S. _ s. d. Australian States 0 Ah per word ■Fiji J i|> „ Norfolk Island 0 8. : _ United States 2s 4d to 2'J (j ! (Jape Colony 2 , United Kingdom 8 0 " 2d additional war taa. required on each message. (Signature and address counted a* part of the message). MAU- NOTJCfcb. Mails close at Ike Post Oiiica. StraV lord, as under : For— . Auckland— Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at b' p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. I Eli-ham—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.28 a.m., J 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. i Hawera—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.50 a.m., I 2.30 p.m.. and 6 pm. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 i a.in . and 2.30 p.m. J Huiakaraa —Daily, 6 p.m. I Huiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. I Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Sa.tr/rday, 6 p.m.; also Mondays j Inglewood—'Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. ufi-d b' p.m. Kaoonga—Daily. 8 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 6 D.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday end Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.3<? a.m. Lowgarth-Daily. S p.m. Malioe—Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. d.SO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—-Tuesday, Thursdar and Saturd.w, ft p.m. MWhh-o*— 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. i ftfßaere —Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 0.m., | and 6 p.yd. , Norraanby—Daily, S.lO a.m., 9.80 a.m. • 'A.'SO p.m., and 6 p.m. j Pahnorston North—Dailv, 8.10 a.m., I 9.30 a.m.. nad 2.30 p.m. PohokuM—Daily.'6 p.m. 8.30 a.m.; Wednesdays, (5 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 "trat.l'mnrA f*-« 't f n r» • .*.,... .... o «»• ... m On,* fi n .v, Tnn.nt '■ •.._•» _ RO" rrn T„ "'■ and Saturdays afc 3.50 a.m. Toko—Daily. 8 p.m.; also. Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. j Tututawn—Monday and Saturday 8.30 j a.m.; Wednesday. 6 p.m. Wairarapa -Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.3(1 : a.m.. and 2.30 p *n. Waitara— Daily.B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., ! and 6 p.m. i Wangantii—Daily, 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.K. Whangamoniona— Tuesday. Wp<tne«- • dnv. Thursday, and Prttimli'v, nt i 6 p.m. ; also Monday and Saturday j nh^rn—Tuesday. Wednesday. Sattirdriy. ft p.m.; also Mondays and St % SO am. *

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