POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 3, 28 December 1912, Page 8

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, Serna, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, lei for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the drst oa. or fraction tuereof, and lid for each succeeding oa. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Paper* ( uciuding Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ail places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz ir fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers.—fown (.for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding ioz. Inland, Id tor first 4oz, and id for' each succeeding 2oz. All other places iOoz 2id, and id for every auutional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and frausvas l , Id each paper. If undei Soz sent oy first available route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, un» less specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id tor each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each undei 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fracthn thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post).— Payible in New Zealand, for each £5 or iraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, ifiii, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £5, is; £7, Is 6d; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; 616, 3s; £l7. 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maxittmn, £4O. United Kingdom, British I’osßOMions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 >r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 ,r fraction of, £5, and a telegraph fee >f Is. Australia, at rate of postal noney orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.-' It excnanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, 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, 6d, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for iach additional word. Telegrams to h» repeated will be charged. halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. n. d. Australian States 0 4id per word Fiji 0 3 „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 (Signature and address counted as cart of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is >f the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; for every additional £6O, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d, MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Fost Office, Stratford, as under:— For— i Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m. j also Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Oarditt—Daily. 3.26 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., 9.30 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. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.*., 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. 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., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngairo—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., 3.30 p.m,, and 0 p.m. Palmerston N irth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, b c.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd featu» days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.26 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —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 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 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 3 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangaraomona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. t*. O STANTON. Postmaster,

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