POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 81, 9 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Card*.— lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each toz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, 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 IJd for each succeeding oa. or fraction thereof.

Past Csrdr.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oa • Magazines (registered), inland, |d for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. Ctmmierois! Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only), i<l for 2dzs, or Id v or brst 4oz and id each succeeding io r /.. 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 »ach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, .Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Soz sent hy first available route; over Soz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each mcceeding,2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; lover 2oz as for “all other places.” All. >ther places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration, —2d additional for all filaces. '

i i TELEPHONES. Charges.— At excnanges continaonaly open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. | Exchanges not continuously open, an j 1 equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, ind Wanganui are open ail day and 'all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 8 to 6 x?.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding— or fraction thereof. One end must he

Woney Orders. ' (By popt):—Payable in New Zealand, for each:£s pr , fraction of ; £5, 3d. Commonwealth, tfijil Samoa,' and Tonga, Qd‘; £5, is j £t, ' i’s 6dj‘£lo, Mi,, '2s ,6d'; ,£ls, 3s; £17, : '3s 6d££2( 'Wjmaximitm, £io. ■ United ! Kiojgttbm, British Possessions,- : ! CanadA, L States, Hawaii, 1 arid ; Gerinany, 3d ■ each £l or -fyactifei l tlierhof. (B'y TqidgrAph;.—‘ Within New Zealand, 3d for eVery £5 6r fraction of £5, and a telwgfaph fei)' of Gfe.j 'Australia,* at rate : of postal money orders; plfi's tetdgnipjh charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES.

! For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for ] .each additional "word; - I Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for i )ach additional word. Telegrams to he repeated- will he • charged tuilf; j rktea m f aidditioifi to -tfee/ aboV& [ . ''■'-'Mi! - 'JCABteE fcATf 'A' ;

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Receipt or J 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 not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; tor every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2b. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails cToso at tfie Fost 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, 6 n.m. E’tham—Daily, 8.10 am., O.SO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and fl p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 2.3 Q pm., nod 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m, Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m.

Huiroa— -Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 3.80 p.m., and ti p.m. Kapouga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—-Monday, Wednesday, and Fri- <. day, 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., B.Sff a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m..

and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Dail/ ; 8.10 a.m,, B.SO ».ie., 2.30 p in., and G p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 *.m., B.SO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m, Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satu< j days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan-Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.SO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily. 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 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—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.rn. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.SO a.m 2.30 p.m an<? $ p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday, 9.15 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday 0 p-«¥>. fej. fiJ

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