POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 67, 24 July 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands. Id for each '■ loz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, • British Possessions, United States, 1 Chili, Costa Rica. Egypt, Italy, Mexi--1 co, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago 1 Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portu- ■ guese Colonies, Siam. Servia. and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty . Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2jd for the first oz. or fraction tnoreof, and Hd ’ for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. , Post Cards.—lnland, single, id ; reoly. id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books , ind Magazines, not registered).—All olaces, 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), id for 2ozs, or Id ter first 4oz and id each succeed! ncr loz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id ter each succeeding 2oz, All other olaces lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection!. Newspapers—Town and Inland, id sach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaa l , la each paper. If undei Boz sent by first available route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at J rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each I succeeding 2oz. All other places Id j eocli under 4oz and id eaci extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof • over 2oz as for “all other places.” All teihor places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.-'At 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, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier. Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are onen 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 Nejv Zealand, not exceeding— or fraction thereof. One end must be

Money Orders., (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or , fraction of £5, 3d. Common wealth 1 , Fiji. 'Samoa! and ’Tonga,. i£2,- 6d £5, 1 £;10„ ; 2f: i £ V-, ?a',6d; - < £US„ 3s ; £l7; 6d.: £2C, 4«;(maxi- , mum.. £4o.' United, Kingdom, British Possession's. Canada/ Ui ' x States, < Hawaii;, and. Germany,; M le.* bach £1 , i Ar 'fraction, thereof. ,Cpy Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d fop every £5 or fraction of £5, afad a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal monev orders, plus telegranh charge. TELEGRAPH!C RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— • ‘Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams. Is. and Id for mch additional word. Telegrams to bp j repeated-, will ,bp halfrates iq addition to thp, above, ' “ . ''. 'CABLE RATES. A ustralian .States 0 4\d per word Fiji ij#'4 ~o°: * n -•.** Norfolk Island ... O S T?J ,. United States 2 4to 2 0 ~ Gane Colony l f 9 7 lf ; United Kingdom b 8 0 (Signature and address counted as part, of messaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receiot or Discharge (for £2 or over). Id. Agreement (other than I,cape), where tb« matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards. Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does 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.ra. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. t Douglas—Daily, 6 n.m. E’tbarn—Daily, 8.10 a m., 0.80 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 8 n.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Dniroa—-Dailv, 6 o.ra.

Huriraoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and

Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8,10 ».m M S.3S> p.m., and 6 p.m. KAponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, Fri-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratabi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 8.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. ' Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80

a m., and 2.30 p ro. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.tn. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., I p.m.. 2.H0 p.tn., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Nonmmby— Daily, tt.iU a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m Palmerston Njrth—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuosdaya nd fratm days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. Strathmore—Daily, ft D.ra Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Satur-

day, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.BO p.m.,

and 0 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—Dai.lv, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara —Daily, S.lO a.m., 12.25 p.m.,

aud 6 p.m. Wanpnnui—Daily. 8.10 a.m., H. 30 a.m 2.30 p.m and 15 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.SO a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Whangamomona —Tuesday and Saturday, 9.15 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday C p.m. fcf. tSTANTO*.

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