POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 75, 2 August 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 -inch succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, dritish Possessions, United States, Jhili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonics, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for Jhe tirst oz. or fraction tuereof, and IJd ror each succeeding oz; or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, id ; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d.

Printed Papers (including Books md 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), 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 men. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei doz sent dy first available route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, unless 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 2nz as for “all other places.” All ! MJier places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Hegiatrailon.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. At ©xenanges contiguously open—Business establishments, £7; . orivate 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 8 to 6 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in’ the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding— jr .fraction thereof. One end roust be

Money Orders. (By Post).—Payable in' New Zealand, for each £5 or traction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £z, fjd; £6, Is; £7, Ts f>d; £lO, 2s; r £li, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, _ 3s 6d; £2C 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada,' Ulive'V States.' Hawaii, and Germany, 3d ..o. eacn £1 or fraction thereof.' '(By Te.egraph;.— Within New Zealand, tor every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee or la. Australia, at rate uf 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. “ Urgent Telegrams, Is, aud Id for iach additional word. Telegrams tt. oe repeated will be charged halfrates tn addition to the above. . j.,.;. ; . CABLE ■RATES.y' : . - H ■ B. 3. j , Australian State* ' 0 4Vd per word Fiji 1 ... ■0 h „ Norfolk Island ... 0 8 „ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Qape Colony , ■ 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), whore the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed jt:6o, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Fost Office, Stratford, as under

for— ~ . / Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m. j also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and baxurdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. tC'tffaro — Daily, B.ID a.m., 6.136 a.m,, 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawora— Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Eluiroa—Daily, 0 p.m. Hurimoana —Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, b.iO a.m., S.iK p.m,, and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, W r ednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgartff—Tuesday, Thursday, and baturday, 3.26 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80

a.m,, and 3D p.m. Makalm—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. • Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. lew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m.,. and Q p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.BU 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 6 p.m. t'aOnersi-ou March —Daily, 8.10 A.m., a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. i’uniwhakau—Tuesdays nd featuidays, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.BC a.m., aud 2.80 p.m. Strathmore—-Daily, <1 p.m. Tahora —Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki-—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.BO p.m., and o p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, ti p.m. s'e V\ era—Daily, 0 p.m. Toko— Daily, 6 p.m. ; also,, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. lututawa — Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa — Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., aud 6 p.m. Wanganui—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 A.m 2.30 p.m and $ p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangainomona—Tuesday and Saturday, 9.15 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. •a. to. «»A ft I'll A. Mfc A.lUjbi’b-'H*

N.Z. Aus. D.K. a. d. 8. d. s. d. 11b 0 3 0 8 1 0 21b 0 4} 1 2 1 0 31b 0 6 1 8 1 0 41b 0 7J 2 2 2 0 51b 0 9 2 8 2 0 61b 0 10i 3 2 2 0 71b 1 0 3 8 2 0 81b 1 n 4 2 3 0 91b 1 3 4 8 3 0 101b 1 4* 4 8 3 0 Illb 1 6 6 8 3 0