POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 61, 7 March 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —lnlaud, t including Cook Islands, Id for, each - 4oz or fraction thereof, and id for 1 each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, ’ Chili, Costa Erica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago s Pago, Paraguay. Portugal, and Portu- ; guese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction • thereof; all other places 2-id for the first oz. or fraction taereof, and 1-id 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, pi per 2oz; Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must he loft open. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or Id for lirst 4oz and id cadi succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places IGoz 21d, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom. Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz sent by first available route; over Soz 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 eacl • extra 2oz. pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland' id first 2oz or fractim thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2nz or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post).—Pay- , able in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, ( Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £3, ls‘; £7, Is 6d; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; , £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd: £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British ; Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany., 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— , Within Now 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. > exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanged 'noil tbutinu'busly open, an equal charge of £5. ■*! U r;‘ ft! i ■rn Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are onen all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 i>.m, TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less’, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each additional wq.rS. Telegrams to be repeated, will "■‘‘•'be' £ charged halfrates in addition to'the ’ V CABLE RATES. s. d. * Australian States 0 4J-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 ovor), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is of" the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, whore the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO, 2s. 6d, MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tUe Post Odice, Stratford, as under ; For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.in.; also, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiil—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 0 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and o‘p.m. Haivera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 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, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 0 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Kaponga—-Daily, 3.25 p.m, Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thuisday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoo—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.39 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu--Thursday and Saturday, G 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 G 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 p.m. Puniwliakau—Tuesdays and Satm days, 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. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. To 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 0 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. Whangamoinnna—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. S. G STANTON. c'ostmastei.

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