POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 30, 18 January 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id lor each Jo/, or iraction thereof, and )d tor each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, j.iriiish Possessions, United Slates, Uliili, Costa liica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and I'ostal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, la for each o/.. or fraction thereof; all other places for tlie ilrst o/.. or fraction tnereol, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards Inland, 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, ia per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. commercial Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per i-oz., or id for first Joz and id each succeeding 2oz. inland, Id for first Joz, and ia 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 or id for first Joz and Id lor each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under Joz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first Joz, every additional 2oz or fraction Id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. PARCEL POST, Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not excoedN.Z. Aus. U.K.

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for eacii £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, (id; £5, is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Jbsdiigdoin, .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 money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.—At exchanges continuously 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 all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiollv from 9.t0 5 jp.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, (3d, and id foxeach additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will bo 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 „ Cape 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 (3d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO, 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Olhce, Stratrord, as under;— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays and Thursdays, (3 p.m. Cardilf—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, (3 p.m. Fltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and (5 p.m. Hawora—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.rn., 2.30 p.m., and (3 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, (3 p.m. Htiiroa— Daily, (3 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and

Saturday, G p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.3^0 p.ra., and G p.m. / Kuponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. ivohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoo—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. Midhirst —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. Normanoy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m, Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, « p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.; 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 G p.m. . Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. J’e Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa— Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday C 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 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., 9.30 a.m., arid 2.30 p.m. Whaugamomona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster

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