POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 32, 6 February 1913, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters ami Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each ioz or fraction thereof, and for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British. Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa ilica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and festal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tueroof, and lsd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, id; all other places, single, id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (faemding Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz ■ Magazines (registered), inland, id for every, Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must bo left open. Sommsrcial Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, 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 2-Jd, 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 unde: Boz sent oy first available route; over Boz sent by 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 Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction'thereof ; over 2oz as for “all'other places.” All '>ther places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. CSiargea.— Ac exenanges 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 fill' night. The other Exchanges chiefly 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 >ach additional? word. Telegrams to he repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. b. a. Australian States 0 4Jd per word Fiji ... 0 8 ~ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 „ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 1t (Signature and address counted as part 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 upwuuds, Is. Leaso 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. Mails close at the Post 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 6 p.m, Hawera—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.80 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, Wednesday ami Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.31> p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

flay. 6 p.m. Kchuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturdayj at 6 p.m. Lowgartii—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. Midlnrat—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.80 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. Normanby—Daily, B.IU a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N irth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., d. 30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Poliokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd Satuu 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 2.80 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Fahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Faurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, G p.m. Te Wera—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Fututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 n m., rrnd 2.30 n.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and 1 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whan ga rn ornona—Tuesday, W ed nesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. 62- STANTON. Postmaster.