Postal Information.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 348, 8 January 1903, Page 1

Postal Information.

Mails close at this office as under:— For Donedin, Chatto Creek, Ophir, Cambrians, Becks Naseby, etc.—bally at 9 p.m. For Bald Hill Flat, Roxburgh, Lawrence, etc—Daily at UOp.m For Arrowtown, Queens town, etc.—Toesday?, Thursdays, and Saturdays, atß.3oa.rn. For Clyde and Cromwell,—Daily at .31 a.m. Mails arrive : from Dunedin, via Otago Central.— Daily at 9 p.m. From Lawrence, Roxburgh, Bald Hill Flat, eta—Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sat j days at 9 a.m. ; Mondays, Wednesdays, an' Fridays at 1 p.m. From Queenstown, Arrowtown, etc.— Mon-iays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6.33 p.m. 1-rom CromweU and Clyde,—Daily at 6.30 p m. N.B.—Letters containing anything of value should be handed to the Postmaster to be registered half an hour before the mail closes. Letters containing coin, if posted unregistered, wil be compulsorily registered and charged double registration fee. B. Cbow, Acting- Postmaster. Post Office, Alexandra. PO3TAL REGULATIONS. LZTTERB, AND LETTER CARDS. For all places in New Zealand, United Aiiigdom, and British possessions : j?or each half ounce or fraction thereof ... Id All other places, 2(4 for each fox. Post Cards—All places, each Id. Reply paid .- ... 2d Books akd Pbikteti Papers. For all places Jd for each 2oz or fraction thereof.. COiDIEROIAL PAPERS. For town delivery :—Jd first £oz, or Id for first 4oz and Jd for each succeeding 2ox or fraction thereof. Inland :—ld for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. Australia and all other places ;—2Jd for first lOoz and (d for each succeeding 2oz. Pattern akd Sample Packets. All places : For the first 4 ounces ... ... Id Each additional 2 ounces ... ... Jd NswapAisßS. For delivery at any Post Office within the Qolony:— Bach newspaper ... ... ... id * ustraHan Colonies (except Queensland):— Each newspaper ... ... .« Id Other places (including Queensland) : Bach paper not exceeding 4 ounces ... Id Each additional 2 ounces ... ... \i Parcels. For delivery within the Colony : Not exceeding lib... ... ... 6d Each additional lib up to 111b ... 3d Australian Colonies Not exceeding llb M ... ... 8d Each additional lib to 111b ... 6d United Kingdom— Not exceeding 31bs ... .- Is 31bsto71bs 2s 71bstolllb 3s, The charges to foreign countries vary, particulars of which may be obtained at any Post Office. The Registration fee in all places is 3d.