POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 34, 8 February 1913, Page 6

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL HATES. Letters anti Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook islands, id for each loz or fraction tnoreof, ami for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, "British Possessions, United Mates, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, id fur each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2fcd for the first, oz. or fraction tuerooi, and for each succeeding oa. or fraction thereof.

Pose Cards.—-Inland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id ; reply 2d. Frirdcri Papers (deluding Book? and Magazines, not -ogistored).—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 be left open. Commercial 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]d, 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 Trausvaa l , Id each paper. If undei Boz sent oy first available route; ovei 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 eaci extra 2oz. Pattern arid Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oh or fraction thereof: over 2oz as for “all other places.” All '>tber places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— At excuanges 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. Tho other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 D.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, fo; each £5 or | fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, ■ Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. Gd ; £5, Is; £7, la 6d; £lO, 2s: £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7. 3a 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. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is. and Id for ?ach additional word. Telegrams to lie repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. GABLE RATES, s. cl. 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 '3O (Signature and address counted as Dart of message.) STAMP DUTIES, Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or 1 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 £59, 2s Gd; for every additional £SO, or part of £59. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily. 8.10 R.m.; also. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m, Elthara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m,, 2.30 p.m,, and 6 p.m. Hawera —Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 8.30 a.ptu, 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80. a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 0 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at G p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 ft.in., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. . iKiore —Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and 1 Saturday, at C p.m. < Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and • Saturday, 3.25 p.m, , Maboe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. ] Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 1 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, 8 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m;., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 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. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30, a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston M jrth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.ra., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satm 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, Saturdqy; G p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m,; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—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.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and p.m. • Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 1 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. i Whangaraomona—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 1 6 p.m. S. Q. STANTON. Postmaster.

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