POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 37, 8 February 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATESLetters and Letter Cards.— lnland including Cook Islands. Id for eaci loz or fraction thereof, and id fo each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom British Possessions, United States Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi co, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pag Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Porte gueso Colonies, Siam, Servia, an Postal Agencies in Chinese Treat. Ports, Id for each oz. or fractio thereof; all other places 2id for th first oz. or fraction tnereof, and Ti for each succeeding oz. or fractio. thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; r( ply, Id; all other places, single, Id reply 2d. 1 . Printed Papers (including Book and Magazines, not registered) .#A places, id per 2oz; Magazines (rdgit cored), inland, id for. every Soz o fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2o jr fraction thereof. One end must b left open. Commercial Papers —lown (for ac counts, etc., only), id per ioz., or 1 for first 4oz and id each succeedm 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and a for each succeeding 2oz. All otlio places lOoz 2id, and id for every a( ditional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers Town and Inland, i each. United Kingdom, Australia, Ct nada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Nat a. Orange River, South Sea Islands, an Transvaal, Id each paper. If unde Soz sent by first available route; ovc Soz sent by direct steamer only, ui. less specially addressed and paid a rate of Id for first 4oz and id for eac succeeding 2oz. Alt. other places 1 each under 4oz and id each extra -.0; Pattern and Sample Packets, li land, id first 2oz or fraction thereoi over 2oz as for “all other places. A. ither places, Id first 4oz, every ac ditional 2oz or fraction id. , Registration.— 2d additional tor ai places. pARCEL p O sT. Parcels posted in the Dominion for dt livery in New Zealand, not exceec

Money Orders. (By Post).— able in Now Zealand, for each £5 o fraction bf £5, 3d. • Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Gd; £l Is; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s (id; £2O, 4s; max: mum, £4O. United Kingdom, Bntis Possessions, Canada, United States Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £ w fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).Within New Zealand, 3d for every £• or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fe> of Is. Australia, at rate of posta money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges. —At exchanges continuous ly open—Business establishments, £7 private residences, £5 per annum Exchanges not continuously open, ai> equal charge of £5. ' Telephone Exchanges at Auckland Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm orstpn.North, and Wanganui are opei all day (ind all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 ’td!s'l>'.xn. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including addresi and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and -Jd fm each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id foi each additional word. Telegrams t( be repeated will be charged half rates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. S. A. , .... Australian States 0 4Jd per wort 1 ' Fiji 0 8 ..r, » 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 messaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 oi 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 oJ £SO, 2s. Gd. ' MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tire Post Office Stratford, as under : For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Haweya—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Flurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Inglewood—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., (and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G 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. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—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, G o.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays and Satu. days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 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. fahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. fariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. I'aurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. I’e Wera—Daily, G p.m. ['oko—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 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., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. S. 6. STANTON, Postmaster.

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