POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 60, 12 March 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters asid Letter Card®,—lnland, 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, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2sd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Pint 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. On© end must be loft open. Commerolal Papers.— Pown (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 2id, 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 l , Id each paper. If undei Boz sent by 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 2pz. All other places Id eacli under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, 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.

TELEPHONES. Charges. — it exchanges 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 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (iiy Post). —Payable in, New Zealand, for each £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, Haivaii, and Germany, J3d for each £1 or fraction' thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of la. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. IELECRAt»HIC RATES. For 12 |words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and &d for each additional word.

Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ;ach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates m addition to the above. CABLE RATES. , s. 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 „ (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. Leas© or Agreement for Lease, where the rent docs not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO. or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For—

Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. CardiJl—Daily. 3.20 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., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakaraa—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, (J p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, B.JLU a.m., B.Bb p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.ra. 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., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Now 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, 8.10 a.m., 9,50 a.m., 2.30 p.ra., and 6 p.ra. 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 Satu* days, IQ a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m.

South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.ra., 0.80 a.rn., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.in.; and Wednesday, G p.m. 'To Vv'ora—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 0 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m 2.30 p.m am? 3 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 0 p.m. S. Q- 6TANTON. Prurtnmsteir

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