POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 10, 6 December 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

S'OSTAS. RATES. bettors and Letter Cards. —lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for (tart ■bn;, or fraction thereof, and )d fm each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom. British possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico. Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru. Page Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, and Porto-injf.-e Colome*. Siam. Servia. and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each uz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2%?. for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —Inland, single, ; 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 be loft open, Commercial papers.—Town (for ac counts, etc., only) }d for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2(155. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2)d and |d for every additional 2cz. (Open for inspection). Pattern anj Sample Packets.— ln land, id first 20z..0r fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All other places. Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction £d. Registration. —2d additional for all places. War Tax.--|d additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers, —Town and Inland, Jd each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Tndif Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal. Id each paper. If under Roz. 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 Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under loz. and id °arh extra 2oz.

TELfc PHONES Cnargea.—At Hxrtmngc j continuously open—Business esta hi.sh incuts. £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an eoual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, 1 uverrargil), 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 id the Dominion foi delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

c<] additional war tax reunited on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.) -Payable in Now Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. Common wealth, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, £2, 6d ; £-n ls; £7, Is 6d ; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2« 6d ; eld 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; 4a: maximum £4.0 United Kingdom. British Possessions, Canada, United bUvtes, Hawaii and Germany. 3d foj jath £i or fraction thereof Olv telegraph) - Within New Zealand. 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee of Ib. Australia, at rate of postal

CARLE b. d Australian States 0 U per w °rd Fiji o e ;; Norfolk Island h Unit.;'! States 2s Id to 2 3 Cape Colony 2 > United Kingdom 3 0” 2d additional war tax required on each message. (Signature and address counted as part of the message) MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office. Stratford, as under - For— Auckland— Daily, 8.10 a.m. ; ai;-o Tuesdays and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Cltliam—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.28 a.m.. 2.30 p.m. 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, !In iron ■ Daily. 6 p.m.

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