POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 38, 15 October 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL*RATEB. Litters md Letter Cart!*.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz 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 in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Pest Cards Inland, single, id ;' reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ail places, id. per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. Comnurolal 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 2oa. All other places lOoz 24d, and id tor every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper, ff undei Boz sent by first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, urn 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 eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All ether places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. - ' TELEPHONES. Charges.— At exenanges continuously 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—

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable 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: £li, 2s 6d; £ls,‘3s; ; £l7, 3s6d;'£2t its; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, * British Possessions. Oapada, Ui ’ t e'l States. Hawaii, and Germany, ( Sd .Or «ach £1 or fraction thereof. (By TeiCgraphj.— Within 'New 'Zealand, 3d for every £5 or; fraction, of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, .at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for 3ach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to -the above. CABLE: RATES.; Hili 1• 1 ' A ir *' ‘ • • » '

(Signature and address counted as Dart of message.) 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, Ib. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £6O, or part of £SO. 2a. 6d MAIL NOTICED.

Mails efoso at the Post Office, Stratford, as under

For— Auckland—-Daily. 810 a.m.J also. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. j, Cardiff—Daily, 8.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 0 n.m. E'tham—Daily , 8.10 s.m., 8.86 a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.80 a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Hay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m." Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 o.m.

Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—UaiJy, 8.10 a.m., l.Sb p.m., and 0 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8.25 p.m, Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratfthi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 8.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.BC a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. lyiidhirsb—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. ' I New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and-Gr.™ • 1 Ngaire—Daily.. 8.10 a.m., B.SO a.m., 2.30 p m., and 5 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.S( a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m Palmerston Nsrth—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 0.30 a.m., and 2.3 U p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m Puniwhakau—Tuesdays na ftatiu days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.® a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 8 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.to., 1.80 p.m.,

end 0 p.m. raurakawa- -Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. j and Wednesday, 6 p.m. f’e 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., 9.30 a.m., and 2 80 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 ft.m., I.SO a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. 9, b. STANTON.

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