POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 28, 1 February 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for ©»icli loz or fraction thereof, and £d for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, I ago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Serna, anti Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, lei for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2£d for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and Tid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. . Post Cards. —Inland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. _ i Printed Papers (fnoludmg Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ail places, id per 2oz- 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 for 2ozs, or in tor first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz, All other places lOoz 2Jd, 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 Transvaa', Id each paper. If ucdei Boz sent ny first available route; over Boz sent by direct steamer only, un. less 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 -)d eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id 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. Parcfels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money orders, (rsy Post).— Payable in New Zealand, foi each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £o, 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, apd Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £o or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postai money orders, plus telegraph, charge.

TELEPHONES. Charges.— it ©xenanges 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 chiefly from 9 to 5 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 .words or lessj including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for mch additional word. Telegrams to lie repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above.

(Signature and address counted as cart of measaae.) 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, whore the rout does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part oi £SO. 3s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the I’oat Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland —Daily. 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 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 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. Hm-imnana— Tuesday. Wednesday and

Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood-—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.3 b p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 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, c 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.m., 9.30 a.m, 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 , a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Palmerston N)rtb—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd oatm 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, 6 p-m. Tahora— Tuesday, Thursday, Satur-

day, 6 p.m. Tariki —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. 1 Taur&kawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. j Te Wera—Daily, 0 p.m. 1 Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. ( Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10, a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m, I Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 1 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m.,; i and 6 p.m, Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m' 2.30 p.m and *1 p.m, | Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80, a.ra., and 2.30 p.m. Wh angamomona— I Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at G p.m. si. G. STANTON. Poatmasier

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CABLE RATES, s. a. Australian States 0 4Jd per word Fiji 0 8 91 Norfolk Island ... 0 3 99 United States 2 i to 2 8 99 Cape Colony 2 7 99 United Kingdom 8 0 »V_