POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 92, 22 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters am! Loner Cares.—lnland, Deluding Cook Islands, Id for each loz or fraction thereof, and id for •.■ach succeeding 20z.-United Kingdom, dritish Possessions, United States, Jhili, Costa Rica. Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua*, Nigeria, Peru, Pago dago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and ’ostal Agencies m Chinese Treaty forts, la for each ok. or fraction chereof; all other places 2Jd for the irst oz. or fraction tuereof, and lid ror each succeeding oz. or fraction hereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reoly, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 3d. Printed Papers (including Books ind Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2os • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every 80s or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz loft opten. Ccmmaroial Papers—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding ioz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oss. 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 fransvas l , Id each paper. If nndoi Soz sent 5y first available route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, un- . less 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 each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4ox, overj additional 2oz or fraction 4<i. Reglustratloru— 2d additional for ah places.

TELEPHONES. Charges -It excnange* oontiauou*iy open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of €5. Telephone Exchange* 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 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding— or fraction thereof. One end must be

Money Orders, (By Post).—Pay- j able in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth,] Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d: £2G 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, Ui • '<c 1 States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d to,- each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Temgr&pfaj Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 qr fraction of £5, and a telegraph foe of , Is. Australia, at rate •of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— ■ Ordinary Telegrams, od, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Ib, and Id for aach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates m addition to tho above, CABLE RATES. K. a. Australian Stetos 0 Hd per word Fiji ... ... 0 & „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 ~ Cape Colony f 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 0 0 (Signature and address counted as Bart ef xneesaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or 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 do«-s not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d

MAIL. NOTICED Mails close at tlio Fost Office, Stratford, aa under ; For— Auckland —Daily, 8.10 ».m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 mm. EHham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0,80 «.m,, 2.30 p.m., and ® p.m. Hawora—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.SO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawke’.s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.BO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—-Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa--Daily, 6 p.m. ( Hurimoana —Tuesday, Wednesday andi Saturday, at 6 p.m. _ Inglewood-—Daily, 8.10 6.m. t 8.80 ’ 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. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 ».m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 ».m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. N T ow Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. N’gaire—Daily : 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.50 p.m., and 6 p.m. Sormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. r’almorston North—Daily, 8.10 s.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Pchokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Funiwhakau —Tuesdays cd Satosdays, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8.26 p.m South Island—Daily, 8,10 ».m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 9 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, Tueoday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 1C a.m.; Wednesday 0 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m. and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m.* 9.80 ».n 2.30 p.m and 9 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., I. 8( a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamoinona—Tuesday and Satur day, 9.15 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wed neaday and Thursday 0 p.m. SS. 41. ax AN TOW,

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