MAIL NOTICES.
At Mastertox : Mails for Wellington and intermediate offices close daily at 6.15 a.m. and 2.40 p m., and for Clareyille, Carterton, Greytown North, and Featherston, and Wellington at 4.45 p.m., excepting for Dalefield, and Matarawa ; for these offices mails close at 8.15 a.m. only. The posting box is always cleared for letters and telegrams at opening of Office on week days and Sundays. Envelopes containing telegrams should be marked " Telegram." For Kurupuni daily at 12.30 p.m. For Waingawa, Tuesday and Friday at 12.30. For Te Whiti, Tuesday and Fridays at 12.30. For Eketahuna, Pahiatua and Woodville at 5.30 a.m., 11.15 a.m., and 4.45 p.m. daily. For Rangitumau, Monday, vVednesday, Friday at 11.15 a.m. For Mauriceville 11.15 a.m. daily. For Palmerston North and Wanganui at 5.30 a.m. and 11.15 a.m. daily. For New Plymouth and Aucklp__& at 5.50 a.m. and 11.15 a.m. daily. For Napier and Gisborne at 11.15 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily. For Opaki, Dreyerton, Mangamahoe, Hastwells and Alfredton at 5.30 a.m. and 11.15 a.m. daily. For Stronvar and Brancepeth at 10 p in. Saturday nights. For Brancepeth Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 15 a.m. For Lower Taueru on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6.15 a.m. For Te Nui. Whakataki, Castlepoint on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6.15 a.m. For Bideford and Tanglewood, on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 1 p.m. For Homewood and East Coast stations, also Whareama, on Tuesdays and Fridays at 6.15 a.m. MASTERTON TELEGRAPH HOURS. The office hours for telegraph work, at Masterton, are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and from 7 p.m. to midnighi daily, Sunday excepted. Sundays from 5 to 5.3'J p.m. Holidays from 9 a m. to 10 a.m., and from 7 p.m. to midnight. Telephone Exchange is open from 8 a.m. to midnight daily, Sundays excepted, except Good Friday and Christmas Day, when the hours are 9 to 10 a.m. only. POSTAGE TO AUSTRALIA. The postage on letters to the Australian coionies has been reduced to one penny for 2ach g ounce or fraction thereof.
RATES OF POSTAGE. Letters.—Each J oz. or fraction thereof —Inland, United Kingdom, British Possessions, except Rhodesia, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Paraguay, Portugal and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Switzerland, and South Sea Islands, Id; all other places, 2|d. Post-Cards.—All places, single Id ; reply 2d. Books and Printed Papers.—All places, £d for each 2 oz. Commercial Papers.—Town, £d if not exceeding \ oz -> or Id * or first 4 oz., and £d for each succeeding 2 oz.; Inland, Id for the first 4 oz. or less, and £d for each succeeding 2 oz.; Australia and all other places, 2|d for the first 10oz., and M for each succeeding 2 oz. Patterns and Sample Packets.—All places except Queensland, not exceeding 4 oz., Id ; every additional 20z., Jd. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, £d each; Australia and South Sea Islands, Id each ; all other countries Id if not exceeding 4 oz., and _d for each additional 2 oz. Parcels.—lnland, 6d for the first lib, and 3d for each succeeding lib ; Australian States and Norfolk Island, 8d for the first lib, and 6d for each succeeding lib; for all other countries the charges vary. Letters containing valuables must be registered. Magazines.—For New Zealand, the Australian Colonies (except Queensland and Western Australia), and Tasmania - each copy of a registered magazine, not exceeding 2 oz _~ £d ; if over 2ozs. and up to Bozs., Id; each additional 4o_s. or fraction, Jd. For Queensland—not exceeding 4ozs., Id; each additional 4o_s. or fraction, Id.
Letters. —Each _ oz. or fraction thereof —Inland, United Kingdom, British Possessions, except Rhodesia, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Paraguay, Portugal and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Switzerland, and South Sea Islands, Id; all other places, 2|d. Post-Cards. —All places, single Id ; reply 2d. Books and Printed Papers.—All places, _A for each 2 oz. Commercial Papers.—Town, _& if not exceeding _ oz -> or Id for the first 4 oz., and _& for each succeeding 2 oz.; Inland, Id for the first 4 oz. or less, and _& for each succeeding 2 oz.; Australia and all other places, 2_i for the first 10oz., and M for each succeeding 2 oz. Patterns and Sample Packets. —All places except Queensland, not exceeding 4 oz., Id ; every additional 20z., Jd. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, _& each; Australia and South Sea Islands, Id each ; all other countries Id if not exceeding 4 oz., and '_& for each additional 2 oz. Parcels. —Inland, 6d for the first lib, and 3d for each succeeding lib ; Australian States and Norfolk Island, 8d for the first lib, and 6d for each succeeding lib; for all other countries the charges vary. Letters containing valuables must be registered. Magazines.—For New Zealand, the Australian Colonies (except Queensland and Western Australia), and Tasmania - each copy of a registered magazine, not exceeding 2 0z3., _& ; if over 2ozs. and up to Bozs., Id; each additional 4ozs. or fraction, Jd. For Queensland— not exceeding 4ozs., Id; each additional 4ozs. or fraction, Id.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7726, 28 March 1904, Page 1
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820MAIL NOTICES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7726, 28 March 1904, Page 1
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