POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4, 2 May 1912, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cai'ds.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United Status, 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, la for each oz. or fraction thoreof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tuoroof, and Ijd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Pest Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, Jd per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, Jd per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per Joz., or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places 100/. 2id, and £d for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, Jd each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaa 1 , Id each paper. If under 80/i sent oy first available route; oversow 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 fractiin thereof; oijer 2oz as for "all other places." All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. PARGEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

111 b. ... 2 0 5 8 3 0 Money Orders. (By Post).— Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or 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; maximum, £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 cf £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.- it exciianges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephono Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9.t0 5 p.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 *ach 'additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrales in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. a. Australian States 0 4sd per word Fiji 0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 „ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Capo Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as Dart of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Rocoipt or Discharge (for £2 op 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 docs not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d. MAUL NOTICES. Mails close at the 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 n.m. Eltiiam—Daily, S.lO a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke'a Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Hupkama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thuiaday, 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, Ihursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Maboe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, S.lO a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu- -Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midlurst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Now 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 N)rth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satuedays, 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. Strathmoro—Daily, 6 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. Te 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 j 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. Whangainomona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.' s . ii fc'f A l '*'T* «N. Postmaster.

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