POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 55, 6 March 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

o ———. POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook Islands. Id for eacn toz 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, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including 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. Commercial Papers. —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id tor lust 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places XOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers. —Town and Inland, Id i-ach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaa', Id each paper. If undei Soz sent hy first available route; ovei 3oz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate or Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for '‘all other places.” Ail other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— At ©xenangea 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. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. («y Post).— Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fin, 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. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for 3ach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. 3. Australian States 0 4*d per word Fiji 0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 „ United Kingdom 0 0 (Signature and address counted as Dart of messaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is 3f the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 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. 3.20 p.m, Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. H-uiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.19 a.m., 8.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kuponga—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kolmratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—xuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p,.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, fl 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., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N nth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd featua days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan —Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.BG a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Baturdav, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera —Daily, 0 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., 9.30 a.m,,. and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. 9. 6. STANTON. I'octmaa&r.

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