Postal Information.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 380, 20 August 1903, Page 1

Postal Information.

Mails close at this office as tinder:— For Dnnedin, Chatto Creek, Ophir, Cambrians, Becks Nasehy, etc.—bally at 9am.—Late Letters, with an extra fee ef Chs Penny, are received op to 9.40 p.m., •xoept on Sunday when the mail closes •t 7 p.m. For Bald Hill Flat, Roxburgh, Lawrence, •ic—Dally at 1.30 p.m For Arrowtown, Queenstown, etc.—Tuesday*, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at a.m. For Clyde and Cromwell, —Daily at 8.31 a.m Mails arrive:— from Dunedin, via Otago Central—*;:j ;9 o.m. from I awrence, Roxburgh, Bald Hill Hat, etc.—Tuesdays, Thursdays, and *ttu days «t 9 a.m. ; Mondays, Wednesdays, an < Fridays at 1 p.m. from Queenstown, Arrowtown, etc.— 'oniays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at f 30 p.m. From Cromwell and Clyde,—Daily at 130 p.m. N.B.—letters containing anything of rarae should be handed to the Postmaster tc be registered half an honr before the mail obset. Tetters containing coin, if posted a Registered, wil be compulsorily registered tmi. charged double registration fee. F. Eggisgton, Postmaster. Post °ffiee, Alexandra bouth. POSTAL REGULATIONS. Ixtekbs, AND Letter Cards. For all places in New Zealand, United Aiugdo n, and British possessions : tor each half ounce or fraction thereof Id All other places, 2Jd for each Joz. Post Cards —All places, each Id. Reply paid .- ... 2d Books ahd Printed Papbbs. For all places )d for each 2oz or fraction thereof. Commercial Papers. Fo> town delivery :—£d first Jos, or Id for frit 4oz and Jd for each succeeding 2oz or fraction thereof. Inland :—ld for first 4oz and £d for each 2os. Australia and all other places ;—2£d for trst lOoz and \d for each succeeding 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. All places : For the first 4 ounces ... ... Id Bach additional 2 ounces .„ ... id Newspapers. For delivery at any Post Office within the Colony : boh newspaper ... ... ... £d Australian Colonies (except Queensland): — E»ch newspaper ... ... ... Id Other places (Including Queensland) :~ ■uh paper not exceeding 4 ounces ... Id Each additional 2 ounces .„ ... £1 Parcels. For delivery within the Colony : lot exceeding lib... ... ... 6d I aofa additional lib up to 1 lib ... 3d Australian Colonies Not exceeding Each additional lib to 111b ... 6d United Kingdom— Mot exceeding 3lbs ... , m Is Jlbsto7lbs ... 2s Jibs to Mb .. ... 3s Tne charges to foreign countries vary, particalars of which may be obtained at any Pojt Office. The Registration fee in all places is 3d.