POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 11, 11 January 1913, 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 llica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies m Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the hist oz. or fraction tuereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id: all other places, single, Id, reply 2d. Printed Paper* ( aciuding Books and Magazines, not -egisteied).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), -inland, id for every Boz oi fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 20/ or fraction thereof. One end must hr left open. Commercial Paper*. —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or Id for first 4oz 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, io each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, anc Transvaal, Id each paper. If unde Soz sent oy first available route; ovei Soz sent bv direct steamer only, uu less specially addressed and paid at rate of Id foV first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz Pattern and Sample Packets. —In mnd, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4oz, every ad ditional 2oz or fraction io. Registration. —2d additional for all places. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for de livery in New Zealand, not oxceed-

Money Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 oi 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 excnanges 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 to 5 p.ra. 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 tr be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. a. d. Australian States 0 4id per word Fiji 0 8 Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 (Signature aud address counted at Dart of message.) 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 docs not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part ol £SO. 2s. 6d, MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Fost Office, Stratford, as under ; For- - Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fn days, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltiiam—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m , and G p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and G 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, G p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesaay, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 2.3 t p.m., and G p.m. Kaponga- Dadv, 3.25 p.m. aKiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, 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., aud 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. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.ra., 9.30 a.m, 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N irth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Tuesday, Thursday, anc Saturday, 0 o.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd featm days, 10 a.ra.; and Wednes days, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island-Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.SC a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, G 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, iu a.m. Te Wora —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.ra. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.ra., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. | Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and G p.m. Wellington—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamnmona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 pm. 8. Q. STANTON Postmaster..

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