POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 41, 13 February 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland including Cook Islands, Id for eacl loz or fraction thereof, and id foi each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom British Possessions, United States Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi co, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, PagPago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portu gueso Colonies, Siam, Servia, an. Postal Agencies in Chinese Treat, Ports, Id for each oz. or fractio thereof; all other places 2jd for th first oz. or fraction tuoreof, and Lb 1 for each succeeding oz. or fractioi thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; re ply, Id; all other places,,single, Id reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Book and Magazines, not registered).—Al places, id per 2oz; Magazines (regii tered), inland, id for every Boz o fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2o or fraction thereof. One end must b left open. Commercial Papers—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or L for first 4oz and id each succeedm, 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and U for each succeeding 2oz. All othe places lOoz 2id, and id for every at ditional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, i 1 each. United Kingdom, Australia, Ci. nada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal Orange River, South Scai Islands, am Transvaal, Id each paper. If uncle Boz sent by first available route; ovc Soz sent by direct steamer only, un less specially addressed and paid a rate of Id for first 4oz and id for eac succeeding 2oz. All other places 1 each under 4oz and id each extra 2o: Pattern and Sample Packets.—L land, id first 2oz orTraction thereof over 2oz as for “all other places.” A 1 other places, Id first 4oz, every ad ditional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for a! places. I PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for dc livery in New Zealand, not exceec. N.Z. Aus. U.K

Money Orders. (By Post).—Pay able in New Zealand, for each £so fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5 Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maxi mum, £4O. United Kingdom, Bntis) Possessions, Canada, United States Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £j or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).Within Now Zealand, 3d for every £f or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee 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, an, equal change of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland. Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open •ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id foi each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each additional word. Telegrams to bo repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. 1. 8. d. H'X f : Australian States 0 4Jd 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 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 6d; for every additional £SO, or part ol £SO. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tue Post Office, Stratford, as under : F or— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at G 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. Bawora —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Bawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Fluiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana— I 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. K lore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fn- < day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G 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. Makaliu- -Thursday and Saturday, G p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Now Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.mi, 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.nu, and G p.m. Normanuy—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 am., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. G p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays and Sutu. 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.mTahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. OWu .,; Pe Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 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. t 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. G. STANTON, Postmaster

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