POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 26, 27 December 1916, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL WATfcS, Letters and Letter Cards —lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for earl) 4oz. or fraction thereof, find id for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possess ions, United States, Chili, Costa IS. ™, Egypt f.laJy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Kfrgeria, Peru Pago Pago. Paraguay, Poii'.i'gjH, and Portuguese Colonics, Si-nil. Servia, and Postal Agem-ioa in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id For each ok. or fraction thereof; all other places 2j<3 for the first 07,. or fraction thereof, and IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, jd ; re ply. Id; all other places, single, Id: reply 2d Printed Papers (including Books 'and Magazines, not registered).—All places, Jd per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for every So/-, or fraction thoreof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof One end must be left open. Commercta; papers.—Town (foi <»c counts, ete., only) id for 2oi«s.. or id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first loz.. and jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2Jd and £d for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern anj Sample Packets. —ln land, Jd first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All other places, Id first loss., every additional 2oz. or fraction Jd. Registration,—2d additional for all places. War Tax.--id additional, is required on nil the above.

Newspapers.— Town and Inland. $d sach, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, luclir Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id oacli paper. If under Soz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under loz. and 4d «acb extra 2oz. TELfcPHONES Cnarges. —At Excnango 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 ill day and all night. The other Eshanges chiolly from a.m. to 5 p.m. douev orders, plus telegraph charge. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for lelivery in New Zealand, not exceed

additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.) —1 ayable in New Zealand, for each £6 or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, li'iii, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, bd; £o. la; £7, la 6d; £lO, 2a; £l2. 2s 6d; Cls 3s; £l7. 3s 6d. £2O; 4a; maximum £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for each £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 RATtfS. 8. «I. Australian States 0 4* per word Fiji Ob ” Norfolk Island 0 6 ” United States 2s 4d to 2 3 ( Cape Colony a n >» United Kingdom a v 2d additional war tax requited on -«tch message. , (Signature and address counted as part of the message).

mail nonets. Mails close at tlje Poet Office. Stratford, as under: — Aucklimd-Daily. 8.10 a.m.: also Tuesdays and Fridays, at u p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 8 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Ultharn- Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawora— Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m . and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama— Daily, 6 p.m. Hdiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. Hurimoana -Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. 6 p.m.; also Mondays i Inglewood- Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 6 p.m. kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. t Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. R u.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.39 a.m. Lowgarth—Daily, S p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahn— Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. 0 p.m. and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p:m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaer©—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m. !'.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palnvorinfcon North Duilv, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Pobokw \ —Daily 6 p.m. R. 30 a.m. ; Wednesdays, f? p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 To,.i • ••,:». •. •• q trat>iuifire Philt « n.m *l « '»! r».m. Kowan—Dnily, 8 o m. and f, r, rr, Tnn-nl " i... ■>... " •>" •tr and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Toko—Daily. b* p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Tututawa—Monday and Saturday 8.30 a.m.; 'Wednesday. 3 p.m. Wairarapa -Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p *n. Waitara—Daily,B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m., 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., g.BO a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. Whahgamomona—Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday, and Saturday, at 8 p.m.; also Monday and Saturday j .nh'M-a—Tuesday. Wednesday. Sntnr- <" v. ft* p.m.; also Mondavg and

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