POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 26, 1 October 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Lattars and Letter Card*.— lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Eica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia. and Postal Agencies in Oldness Treaty Porte, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; ail other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction taereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Poet Cards.—lnland, single, 4d ; 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, id for every Bpz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. Commorolsl Papsra— Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz ami id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oa. All other places lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.-—Town asd Inland, id aach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent hy first available route; ovei Boz 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 each extra 2oz.

Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All ■-‘thor places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz;Qr fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. , w TELEPHONES. Charges.— At exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private , ..per ...annum. Exchanges not continuously open, a a equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges ait Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefiv from 9 to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST.

Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money < Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for eacn £5 or fraction of £5,.3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7,. is 6d; £lO, 2s: £1;, 2s 6d; £ls, 3a; £l7, 3s 6d; £2C ts; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions,,. Canada, Ui •’WA States, Hawaii, and, Germany, Sd ip.- each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Te.egruphn— Within New'Zcaland, 3d' for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is, Australia, at rate of pqstai Vndney orders, .plus telegraph charge. ' l TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address , and signature—- . Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and |d for each additional word, ; Urgent Telegrams, Is., and, Id. for )ach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates m addition to the above. CABLE KATES. a. a. Australian States 0 4ld per word Fiji 0 h Norfolk Island- € 8 ~ United Stages 8 4to 2 S ~ Cape Colony 3 7 ~ United Kingdom U 0 (Signature and address counted as part of message.) STAMP DUTIES.

Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is if the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where tho rent does not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; for ©very additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6-1 • i MAIL NOTICED

Mails erase at toe Tost Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m. | alio, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 8.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 o.m. , , Blthain—Daily , 8.10 a.m., 8.88 a.m 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.10 a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.nu Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. .Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1.80 p.m., and S p.ra. Kaponga—Daily, 8.25 p.M. <- - * Siore—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. Mahce—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Mam Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.80 a m., and 2.80 p.m. MakaTiu— Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-

urday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1.80 p.m., . and 6 p.m. Now Plymouth— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m,, and 8 p.m. Ngairo—Daily ; 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., ■ 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Normanby — Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., < 0.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesday a no Batu*days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m, Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m - . .. South Island — Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 ' j a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore-Daily, 0 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Satur-

, day, 0 p.m, ... * Tariki — Daily, 8.18 a.ta., 9.80 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wora—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily. 8.10 a.m., B.SO 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.,"8.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and 0 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m, and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. a. »jt>

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