POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 29, 17 January 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters anti Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each ioz or traction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, oritisli Possessions, United fatales, Cluli, Costa Jtica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, .Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Coiomes, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, to for each oz. or fraction thereof j all other places 2)d for the hrst oz. or fraction tnercor, and ifd for each succeeding oz. or fraction 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 Soz 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 ioz., or Id for first loz anti id each succeeding 2oz. inland, Id for first ioz, and i u for each succeeding 2oz. All other places iOoz 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 Kiver, faontn faca islands, and Transvaal, Id eacii paper, if under doz sent by lirst available route; over doz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate or Id for lirst ioz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places id each under ioz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id lirst 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” Ah other places, id lirst ioz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding— N.Z. Aus. U.K.

Money Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, dd; £5, Is; £7, Is dd; £lO, Xs; £l2, 2s dd; £iu, 3s; £l7, 3s dd; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. united Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £i or fraction thereof. (Py Telegraph).— Within iNow Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegrapn fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal mohey orders, plus telegraph charge, i TELEPHONES. Charges,—At exchanges continuously opem-Hlusiiiess establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal- charge of £si : Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, , ,Cliristcnurch, Dunedin,' Invercargill,' ; Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and \Vangaum are open all -day ahdi hli 1 night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9.t0 5 p.m. TELEGRAPH 8C RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature—- ■ Ordinary. Telegrams, dd, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. '■' ‘ \ s. d. Australian States 0 4£d per word Fiji 0 8 Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Ca4>e Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as part of message.) STAMP 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 6d; for every additional £SO, or part ol £SO, 2s. Gd. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under:— If or— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays and Thursdays, G p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Ilouglas—Daily, G p.m. itltmun —Daily, B.IU a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.G0 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Hawke’s Lay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, G p.m. Tiuiroa—Daily, G p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Ivaponga—-Daily, 3.25 p.m. J\ lore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. ivohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 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. .Vlidinrst—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 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Xormanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.in., 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, G p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 0 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. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, G p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday aiid Saturday, 10 a.m. To Worn—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G 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. Whangainomona —Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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