POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 85, 17 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Sards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2ofc. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Thili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Maxi co, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portu gueee CoiuUitrip'Eiam, Servia, anti Postal Agencies in Chinese Xroatj Ports; id for each oz. or fraction thereof j all other places 2sd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. , . , Post Garda.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id: all other places, single, id. reply 2d. , Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ail places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per zoe or fraction thereof. One end must brief t open. CommerolEl Papers.— town (for aocounts, etc., only), id 2ozs, or id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All oi-jer 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 Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Bo* sent Ay first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, urn 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 id eacl 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 al. places. ' TELEPHONES.

Charges. — It exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £i ; 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 exceed-

Money Orders. (i*y rest).— rayable in New Zealand, fov eacii £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £*-. od; to, Is ; £7, Is 6d; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2a 6dj £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 |d for each additional word. ' ~ J Urgent Telegrams, la, and Id for 3ach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. a. Australian State* 0 4sd per word Fiji 0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... 0 8 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony f! 2 7 „ United Kingdom 8 0 , „ (Signature and address counted as Dart 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. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does-hot exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d

MAIL NOTICES. Mails close, at tde Fost Office, Stratford, as under:— For— , , Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. v Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 l 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 Day—Daily, 8.10 ».m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30’p.m. Huiakama —-Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday ana Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 ».m., 2.30 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., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, t p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m,, and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally. 8.10 a.m., i p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 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 0 p.m. Palmerston Njrth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau— Tuesdays nd B»tu* days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. | Strathmore —Daily, Q p^m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 5.30 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, fuesday 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, P.lO a.m., 9.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and $ p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamornona— I Tuesday, Wednesi day, Thursday, and Saturday, at p.m, S. Q. STANTON. Fofltm&atar.

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