POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 14, 14 May 1912, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each to-/, or fraction thereof, and £d for each succeeding 2ox. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexioo, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 ago 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 2sd lor the first oz. or fraction tnercoi, and l*d for each succeeding oz. or fraction

thereof. Pest Cards.— lnland, single, id; reply, Id ; all other places, single, ad ; 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 bo left open. GortsraoroiaS Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per £oz., for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz All other places lOoz 2.;d, 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 Boz sent oy 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 rd each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern ami Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fractim thereof; liver 2oz as for “all other places.” Ah other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. R rglsfratSsa’S,—2d additional for ail places. PARCEL POST. _ Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £3 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Cd; £5, Is; £7, Is Cd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £l6, 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 of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.- At exciianges 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, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9.t0 5 j>.rn. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and SignatureOrdinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for jack additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above.

CABLE HATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4pi 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 docs not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. Gd. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at Die 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. Havvera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Day-—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—-Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, (i p.m. Hurimoana—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. K iore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, 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., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu--Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.00 p.m.,

and G 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.tu., 9.30 a.in., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Nonnanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.rn., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston forth—Daily, B.JO a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohoknra—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 0 o.m. ni whnkan—Tuesdays ml 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, 0 p.m. tahora—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. Te Wera—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Totutawa— -Tuesday and Saturday, 30 a.rn.; Wednesday G p.m. Wairara pa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Wanganui—Daily. 8.10 a.rn,, 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and G p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 « rn., 9.30 a.rn., and 2.50 p.m. Wliangamomcaa—Tm sda», 1 hursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. H. 'H ST4” T- : ty , Postmaster.

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