POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 73, 31 July 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland including Cook Islands, Id for eacl toz or fraction thereof, and id foi each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom British Possessions, United States Chili, Costii/Rica,'Egypt, Italy, Mexi co, Nicaragua, (Nigeria, Peru, 'Pag< Pago, Paraguay,; Portugal, and Portu guess Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies ni Chinese Treaty Ports, id’ for each' oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for th» first oz. or fraction tuereof, and l|d for each succeeding oz. or fractioc thereof.

Post CahJs.— lnland, single, id; reply, Id; ail other places, single, Id reply 2d. ,v : Printed Papers (laoluding Bookd and Magazines, not registered).—Ai places, id per 2oz • Magazines (regis tered), inland, id for every Boz. 01 fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2o; left open. Commercial Papers. —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or 1« tor first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and io for each succeeding 2oz, All othei places lOoz 2id, and id for every ao ditional 2oz (Open for inspection}. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id »ach. United Kingdom, Australia, Ca nada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, ild seach paper. Cf unde' Boz sent Ay, first available route; ovei ,Boz sent by direct steamer only, un less specially addressed and paid at rate of id forfiVst 4oz and |d- for each ■succeeding 2oz:? ; All other places Id eac^iunder(4f)z and id eacl' extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnliud', id first: 2oz!op fraction thereof, ovCr 2oz as'fdf “all other places.” Ali other; places,-lid-first 4oz, every aa ditional 2oz ,or, fraction id, m , additional for all places. 1 r 11 l)T " ' . « »• TELEPHONES: ' 1 1 ■

Charge#.— Afc'bJ&hknges continuodsijropep—Buaipqes establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchangee 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 , r *•“ MWCEtPOSt. ■* '

ipyrc«i6 posted' in the Dominion for de,iivery in New Zealand, not'eiceed-

Monsy , Orders, (oy Post).— Payable in New Zealand, foi each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji,'Samoa, and Tonga,' £2, bd; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £10: 2s; £la, 2s 6d j £ls, 35.; £l7, 3a 6d; £2C 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, Lu —e \ States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d »o* each PI or fraction thereof. (By Te.egraph;.---Within New Zealand, 3d foi every £5 or traction of £5, and a telegraph fc-c of is. Australia, at- rate A postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. telegraphic bates. For 12 words or less, including address and'signature— Ordinary Telegrams, tid, and |d for each additional word.

Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for mch additional , word. Telegrams to J be repeated, will be charged halfrates m addition to the above. * j CABLE RATES. 8. S. Australian State# 0 4 per word Fiji ... ' 0 b • „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 , 4 to. 2 8 „ Cape Colony ' United 1 Kingdom 8 0 (Signature and address counted as part of messaae.) STAMP DUTIES.

Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), whore the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not, exceed je6o, 2s 6u ;j for every additional £6O, or part ot £SO. 2b. Sd mail Notices. Mails crose 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, 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, b n.m. E'tharn —Daily, 8.10 a m., &.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and Q p.m.. . Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m,, and. 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, «.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p'.ni. Huiakama —Daily, 0 p.m* Huiroa —Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana —Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. j Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 5.85 p.m.,' and 'C p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8.25 p.m. i 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. Malice-—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.B'i a.m., and 2.30 p.m.

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