POSTAL INFORMATION

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 29, 30 December 1916, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter cards—lnland (including Oook Islands), id for easl) loz. or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rico. Egypt Italy. Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Pdrtilgal, and Portuguese" Colonic*. Siam. Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other pkces 2Jd for the first oh. or fraction thereof, and 1 j«J for each succeeding oz. or fractioii 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, id 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 (for accounts, etc., only) *d for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz and |d each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern a«d Sample Packets.— ln land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." Al] other places. Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. War Tax.--id additional, is required on all the above.

Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id such. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Indh Jamaica. Nitai, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of H for first 4oz. and Jd for each succeeding 2oz» All other places Id each under 4oz. and Ad extra 2oz. TELkPHONES

Cnargaa.—At M.xcnangf j continuously open—Business establ.shmenis, £7 ; private residences, £6 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmlerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from Q a.m. to 5 p.m. monev orders. Plus telegraph charge. PARCEL. POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion foi delivery in New Zealand, not exceed- '* - - . rr Y 7

£d additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.)— rayable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa anti Tonga, £2, od; ho, I 8 . £7 is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2e 6d; £ls 3s; £l7, 3s 6d. £2O; 4s; maximum £4O, United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for each £1 or fraction tbereaf. (By Telegraph)— Within Now Zealand. 3<l for every £o or fraction of £5. and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal CABLE HAT«ns. s. d. Australian States 0 44 per word Kiji Ob Norfolk Island 0 6 United States 2s 4d to 2 3 >( Cape Colony f „ United Kingdom 3 0 2d additional war tax required on each messages . , „ (Signature and adoress counted as part of the message).

MAIL WOTIC6&. Mails close at the Post Office. Stratford. as under: — Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at b p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 8 p.m. i Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham— 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 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. and 2:fK) p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. Hurimoana— Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. 6 p.m.; also Mondays Inglowood—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. ! and 6 p.m. , Kapouga—Daily, 8 ip.m. , Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 8 D.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Lowgarth—Daily, 8 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. 6 p.m. Midhirs-i—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 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. Ngaere—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.iu. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m. !'.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmers ton North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 jL-rn...and 2.30 p.m. Pohokuii—Daily. 8 p.m. 8.30 a.m. • Wednesdays, 6 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 n rri > >"i • ''' • < <r> Tn,.:<- • " - .. q trathmnro Ds'lt * n m Rowan 8 era. r„„.. 0 i.„ ... •-..-.. -, »o and Saturdays at 8 80 a.m. Toko—Daily. 0 p.m.; also. Tuesday and Saturday, 8.30 a.m. Tututawa—Monday and Saturday 8.30 a.m.; Wednesday, 8 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., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 pre. Whangamomona—Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 0 p.m.; also Monday and Saturday > ahora—-Tuesday, Wednesday. Satnr- ! <*>y, 6 p.m.; also Mondays and •A 9.90 am.

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