POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 15, 16 January 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland, 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, Sorvia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oa. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oa. or fraction tuereof, and IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers ('acluding Books and Magazines, not registered).—jUl places, Jd per 2ob ■ Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers —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 Jrl 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 Soz sent oy first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, un. leas 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.—lnland, )d first 2oz or fraction 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. Parcek posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in Now Zealand, for eacli £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 £i 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 motley orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. At 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 6 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 he repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. t. a. Australian States 0 4id per word Fiji ..; ... 0 8 Norfolk Island ... 0 3 United States 2 4to 2 8 Gape 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' does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £6O. 2s. 6d, MAIL NOTICES. i Mails close at the Fost Office, Stratford, as under:— For--Auckland —Daily, 8.10 a.in.; also. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., G. 30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.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, Huiakoma—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa— Daily, 6 p.m. Huriraoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and

Saturday, G p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kioro—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

clay, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday* 6 p.in. 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. Makahuy-Thursday ■ aud Saturday, 1

MidKirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. aud 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.iu., 9.30 a.m.

2.30: p.m., and 6 p.m. Nonnanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m, “2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston X irth—-Daily, 8,10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd featu* days, 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. Strathmore —Daily, 0 p.m. Taiiora—''Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 0 p.ra. Toriki--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday,

10 ji.ro. To Worn—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 0 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tntutawa— I Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. Waitara--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2,30 p.m., and o p.m, Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m, 2.30 u.m and *5 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. Whangamoraona—'Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 0 p.m. 9. Q, STANTON. fVwtTjjaster

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