POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 9, 9 January 1913, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

°OSTAL RATES. Letters and Lsitsr Cards.—inland Including Cook Islands, id for earl ‘ioi. or fraction thereof, and id f»> j each succeeding 2oz. U nited Kuigd >ll British Possessions,, United States Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Aluxico, 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 2id for the first oz. or fraction fcuereof, and lid 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 -egistered).—All places, id per 2oz • M agazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commerciai Papers. —Town (.for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or Id for first loz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 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 undei Boz sent oy first available route; ovei Boz sent bv 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 ami Sample Pockets.—inland, id first 2oz or fractim 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 do livery in Now Zealand, not exceeding—

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 of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is, Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.— it 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, fnvorcargiJJ, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiedv from 9 to 5 j>.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address . and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id foi >ach additional word. Telegrams to ho repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. a. Australian States 0 4Jd per word Fiji ... ... 0 8 n 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 messaao.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is if the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £6O, or part oi £SO. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Ofiice Stratford, as under:—

For— Auckland —Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Mondays, Wednesdays, and Jin

days, at 6 p.m. Cardiff —Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., aud 6 p.m. flaivera —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama— Daily, 6 p.m. Euiroa —Daily, 0 p.m. Hurimoanar- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 0 p.m, Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.3 u p.m., and 0 p.im Kaponga— Daily, 3.25 p.m. . E, iore— Monday, Wednesday, and fn doy, 6 p.m. Eohuratahi —Tuesday, Thursday, ana Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgarth— Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makad'J —Thursday and Saturday, c

Midlurst— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. Now Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., J 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 6 p.m. Norrnanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.3( a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N irth—Daily, 8.10 a.m v 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Tuesday, Thursday, anc Saturday, t B.ui. Puniwhakau— Tuesdays nd batm days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Row an —Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. Tahorar— Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m . and 6 p.m. Taurakawa— Tuesday and baturdsy. iO a.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa-jTucsday and Saturday, It a.m.; 'Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. 1 Waitara —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. 1 Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 1 2.30 p.m and 3 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whanganiomo'na—Tuesday, Thursday., and Saturday, 6 p.m. 6, O, STANTON. Postmaster.

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