POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 62, 18 July 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES

Utters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and £d for each BucceediuK 2oz. Uuifced Kingdom, •British Possessions, United States, "hili. Costa Rica. Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia. and Postal Agencies m 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 (deluding Bookp and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. Commercial Papers—Town (for accounts, etc, only), £d for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding •loz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All othei places lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town ssd Inland, id *ach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper, ff undei Soz sent by first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, uuless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id aach under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof: nver 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. CSiarscs— it 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, , Christcbnrch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 0 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceedine— or fraction thwAof On* end must he

Money Orders* (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for, each £5, or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth. Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga; £2, 6d;' £s\ Is; £7, 15.6d.;,£10, 2b;.£11, 2s 6d; U 5, 3s;, £17,, 3s fidij. £2C ( 4«; maximum, £4O. United. British Possessions, ; Caria/da, Ur •ie'V' States.' Hawaii, 'and Germany!,- 3r}>toi- feach £1 or fraqtiop/thereof,. (By iTciOgr&pn;.— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £O. or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate jf postal noney orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or loss, including address, ' and signatureOrdinary Telegrams, 6d, and |d for 'ach additional word. Urgent Telegrams. Ib, *nd Id. for 3ach additional word. s Tejegram&. to 'ie. repeated''will ■ be ' charged half-. ates in addition to the fcbdye. CASLE RATESL > ' ;, ' i; ' «. 8. ,-.■..<.: Australian Statei 0 4 per word Fiji ' ..; " '■ '■•.:;■" Ob „ Vorfolk Island ... 0 3 „ ' ' United States 2 4to 2 8 „.. Cape Colony ... 2 7 „■ ~ nnited Kingdom ,80 .. (Signature and address counted as part of message.) STAMP DUTIES.

Receipt or Discharge (for £2 01 nver), Id. Agreement (other than Lease); where thn matter thereof if of the value of £2O or upwards, Is Lease or Agreement for Lea.se, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2b 6d: p or every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Tost 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 c.m. EHham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.dO a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.3 P a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—-Daily, 6 p.m. Efuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m.

Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday an<. Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.81 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. LowgaTth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily,, 8.10 a.m., B.BQ a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, G p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.50 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dafiy, 8.10 fc.m., 1 0.m.. 2.80 p m., and 6 v.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., 8.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Palmerston N^rth—Daily, B.IC a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.8 U p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satu« days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m.

South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.8 C a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Q +'-athn)oro—Daily, 6 o.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily. 8.10 ».m., 8.80 p.m.,

and 8 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te \Vera—i/any, o p.m.

Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; aleo, Tuoedaj

and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairara pa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., "nH 2.. qfl 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 an<7 $ p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday, 9.15 a.m. and 0 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday 0 p.m. tf. i». fcOLAWTUw. IJ o#tmaster

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