POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 46, 24 October 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. HI tars and Letter Card*. —Inland, including Cook Islands. Id for 4oz or fraction thereof, and id tor each suoceedinc; 20/,. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Pica. Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Niearagu*, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portugese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies, it. Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for eacii oz. or fraction thereof: all other places Sid for the iirst oz. or fraction tn&reof,, and ltd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. i»oat Cards.---Inland, (ingle, «d; reply. Id; all oih&r places, lingle, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Bookp and Magazines,, not vegitii/ered).—All places, id p. r 20j5 : Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thoreof. Foreign, id per zo;: left open. Contnwcta! Papers—Fovn (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2osa, or Id for first 4ofc and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id foi first 4oa, and tor eaon succeeding 2osl AH other places 10oz 2id, and id for every ariditional 2oz (Open foi- inspection). Newspapers.—Town asd Inland, id sach. United Kingdom. Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper, if undei Soz sent Ay first available route; ovei Boz sent by diroct steamer only, un» less specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first foi and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places id each under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for "all other places." All ''ther places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charge!.— 4t 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, Bunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Palmerston North, and Wanganui aire open all day and all night. The other Exchanges cbijeflv. from 9 to 6 p,m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding— or fraction thereof. One end mast h« N.2. Aub. U.K. b. d. b. d. i. d.

able..in New;Zealand, foi each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. , Common wealth, "Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. £2, 6d: £5, la j £7i ! Id 6d; £lO, 2s ; £li," 2s 6d: £ls,- 3s ? £l7,'Bs 6d} £k'. '4A\ maximum, £40.. itJnitecttKingaouiij British Hawaii/and Germany,.3d ioc «u*ch £1 W ftatettdn' thereof' ffiV Teiegrapn)..WitHio , or. frj|Cth>n of .£5;, and a< ttehrgraph. £&e of Ib. Australia, at money orders, plus' telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12. words or less, Including liddreas i , anct signature— Ordinary .Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Ib, and Id for mch additional word. 'Telegrama to , )t be .repeated., twili .the') rates ,in addition to, the abo**j,■-. J,- 1 omhaqoU »iu :<>"" v -'"'i|'."^."" - :". ' AuatndUto'Statei''-'' Mo'' tffd per 1 word ..Fiji . /.,. ; „',. Mum "® IB Norfolk Island ... o*,* „ ' Uaited State* 8 .4to, 3 8 ... „ Gape -Colony ' ' 3 7',', ' United'' B'v© ' ,s ,' (Biguatiire ; and j address counted as Bart of uiossasG.) STAMP DUTIES, Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other thaii Lease), where the matter thereof is, of the value of £2O or upwards, laj f/eise or Agreement for Le&et,, where the rent does not exceed Jtso, 2s 6<-.; for every additional £SO, ct pirt of £SO. 2b. 6d t tAAIi. fttGViCEfe. Mails erose at tne T?ont Oftoe. Ktratford, as under:— For— Vuckland—Uaily, 8.16 a.m. j alio, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Baturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 8.25 p,m* Douglas—Daily, 6 b.in. E'.tham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., «.B@ ».m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. flawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 ».m , 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.su., i.BO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. duiioa— Daily, 0 p.m. tlurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.56 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kftponga—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Klore— 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 a.m., B.BC a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirat—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. N T ew Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 *.m. t ' 1 p.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. ' Ngaire—Daily ; 8.10 a.m., 0.80 fc.ta.. 2.30 p.m., and 8 n.m. - N T ormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and (S p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 ».«»., 0.30 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. ; • Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays no Batutdays, 10 a.m.j and Wedneadays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 ».m., 0.80 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., 8.80 p.m., and 8 p.m. Taurakawa--Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. j and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 0 p.m. Toko—Daily. 8 p.m.; also, Tueiday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawai-'-Tuosday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m.. and 8 p.m. ' Waugauui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m 2.80 p.m and 8 p.m. i Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. I Whangamomoma—Tuesday and Satur- ; day 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. : S. it. tiTANTON,

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