POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 23, 10 January 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook Islands,, Id fol‘ each loss or fraction thereof, and kl for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonics, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof ; all other places 2id for the first a/., or fraction tuereof, and lid for each succeeding oZ. or fraction thereof. Post Cai*d3.— lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Y 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), id per Joz., or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id fol' first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lUoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, 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 Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All other places, Id .first 4oz, every additional 2az or fraction Jd. Registration. —2d additional for all places. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji,' Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £?, Is Gd j £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd; £2O, 4s; maximum, £lO. United Kingdbm, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction i thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction Of £5, and a telegraph fee of ; l’s. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph .charge. V U; TELEPHONES, i s Charges.— At exchanges continuously; hpen—Business establishments, £7 j private, residences,' £5 pel - 'annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an etfdal chgrgeqf £5. s o • < ■':> '■'U j Telcilhoiie ; Exchanges at Auckland,; Wcllihgtbn, Ch rjstch ur c h ) u.n edi h: ’ Napieiv Hasj^ng^,' ; /erstbji North, and Wanganui, nrq ppfm all‘day and all night. 5 The,other Ex-' change's chiefly frohr' Stdop.ifi. ' j telegraphic' rates. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and id for each,additional word. j • Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each additional word. Telegrams to bo repeated will bo charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. )! - Australian States 0 4sd per word.

Fiji 0 8 », | Norfolk Island ... ',O 3 <W>, T , United States 2 .4 to 2 8 ij,i , Cape .Colony 2 7 i i United Kingdom 3 0 (Signature and address counted, as part opf message.) . ST A Ml? DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for, £2 or over), id. Agreement (other* than Lease), where the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease. or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s Gd; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO, 2s. Gd.

MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under: — U’or— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays and Thursdays, 0 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Cltliaiu—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m., tiawire’s Day—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 0 p.m. riuiroa—Daily, 0 p.m. Kurimoaua—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—-Daily, 3.25 p.m. Adore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G p.m. Kohuratahi —Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 0 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu- -Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midmrst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. .New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m!, 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Ngairo—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Norman hy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Palmerston North —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, h p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays and Satin, days, 10 a.m. j and Wednesdays, G p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, G p.m. i’ahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, G p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and o p.m. Taurakawa — I Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Te Wera—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday G p.m. Wairurapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Wuitara —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and G p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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