POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 73, 22 March 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2£d for the first oz. or fraction tnereot, and ltd 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 Boz 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 4oz and id each succeeding ’oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz All other places lOnz 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 Soz sent by first available route; over Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid aerate of Id for first 4oz and id tor each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz Pattern and Sample Pickets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof ovex - 2oz as for “all other places.” AL other places, Id first 4.0 z, every additional 2oz or fraction id. I Registration.— 2d additional for a’ l places. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for do livei'y in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (T3y Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or Fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; roammum, £4O. United Kingdom, 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,, Ifripier, Hastings, Palmerston North; and Wanganui are open all day and all-night.. ~The other Exchanges chieflv from 9 to 5 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— / - Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and Jd for 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. SJJIV s.-d. 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 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 Gd; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO, 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tno 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. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 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. llurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 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, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, -6 p.m. Lowgarth—’.Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Alain Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu- -Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Alidhirst—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, Ngafre—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.,* 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston Mirth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, ft p.m. Funiwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satin 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. j Strathmore—Daily, 0 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.rn.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesuay 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.ra., 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. Vvhangarnorncna—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.ra. 3. G. STANTON. rr'cstiaasteJi.

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