POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 99, 23 November 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards Inland .including Oook Islands), Id for eavii ■ioz. or fraction thereof, aud 'd foi each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom British possessions, United States' Chili, Costa Kirn. Kgypfc Italv. Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria. Peru',' Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, arid Portague.se Colonic. Sam. riorvia, and Postal Agencies »n Chinese Treatj Poits, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all ether places 2J<3 for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ljd "or each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, Jd; reply. Id; all other places, single,'id; reply 2d Printed Papers (including Books aud Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, Jd for every ' Soz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, Jd per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must be left one* 1 Commercial rapers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only) ,«d for 2ozs. or Id for first 4oz and Jd each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 4oz. and $d for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2jd and Jd for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection) Pattern art,* Sample Packcts.-~lr, land, Jd first '2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." Alj other places, Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction Jd. Registration.— 2d additional for all places. War Tax.--Jd additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers.—Town and Inland Jd each. United. Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Indi? Jamaica Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Soz. sent by first available route; ovej Boz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of M for first 4oz. and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under loz. and Ad «aoh extin 2o*.

TELEPHONES Cnargos.—At kxcnangf j continuous iy open—Business establishments. £7: private residences. £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an coual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland. Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin Invercargiii, Napier, Hastings, Palruerston North, and Wanganui are open id! day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from °. a.m. to 5 p.m nouev orders, plus telegraph charge. PARCEL POST. parcels posted id,the Dominion foi -elivery in New Zealand, not exceed

}-d additional war r,ax required on <?ach parcel. Money Orctars. (By Post.)—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. * Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Ls; £7, Is 6d; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2 8 6d; 1315; 3s; £l7, 3s 6d. £2O; 4s; maximum £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for jath £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee of ls. Australia, at rate of postal

: CABLE fcAivs. s. d. Australian Status 0 H per word Fiji 0 6 Norfolk Island 0, 6 V) United States L»* Id to 2 8 " jV \ Cape Colony _ 2 7 jv 1 United Kingdom ' 'B. "0. , 2d additional war cai required* on each message. (Signature and address counteu a*-. part of the message). MAIL NOTlCtfe. Mads close at the Tost Oiiice. Stratford; as under:— For— „ ~■ i Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesday's and Fridays, at 0 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3 p.m. DojigiaH—Daily, 6 p.m. El thaw- -Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera— Daily, «.10 a.m.. 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Uawke ? s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m . and 2.30 p.m. Quiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. nurimoana— Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. 6 p.m.; also Mondays [nglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Bnflav. B D.m. Kobnratahi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.3<? a.m. Lowgarth—Daily, 8 p.m. Makoe—Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday. Thursday and Sat xirdttv. 6 pm. Midairs i—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., &k<\ 6 p.m. Mew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaero—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.tu. Norraanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m. !130 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.80 p.m. Pohokuri—Daily. 6 p.m. 8.30 a.m. j Wednesdays, 6 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 «..»„.• . i t, »/< . llu Hown-' P«»li 1 r» m, nnr? fy •■ r. Tin— '•>••• " ' " "* *"* •» in t>„ viand Saturdays at 8.80 a.m. Toko—Daily. 8 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 t» Wnitara— Daily.B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Dafly, 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.i«. | Wh,inf?amomona—Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday, and Saturday, nt 0 p.m.; also Monday and Saturday | nn^ra—Tuesday, Wednesday Satnr- i aayj £ P-m. ; also Mondays and aMSOftm. s I

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