POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 28, 16 January 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook islands. Id lor each 4oz or traction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, ilritish Possessions, United biates, Chili, Costa llica, Kgypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Costal Agencies in Chinese 'treaty Ports, iu for each oz. or fraction thereof j all other places 2Jd for the rirst oz, or fraction tuereot, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. . (■Tinted Papers (including Hooks and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz; Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Soz or fraction thereof. Foreign, ia per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, id for first 4oz, and for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2i-d, and id for eyeiy additional 2oz (.Open for inspection). Newspapers. —Town and Inland, each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange iiiver, South Sea islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Soz sent by first available route; over Soz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed arid 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 other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration. —2d \ additional for all places. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £o' infraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji. Samoa, and Tonga, £2, bd; £O, is- £7, Is bd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s bd; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £o or fraction of £5, and a telegraph tee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

TELEPHONES. Charges.— At exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. ■ i ■ Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington/ Christchurch, Dunedin, IhvorcargiU? Wapioiv Hastings, Paini" erston North, and Wanganui are open ■ all day' and all night. 1 ' The other Exchanges chiefly from 9to 5 i)-m- . TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, • Is, and Id for 1 -- each additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to tlie above. CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States . 0 , 4id per word Fiji ... ! 1 ... 0 8 ~ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Capo Colony 2 7 ~ United; Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as Dart- of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), id. Agreement (other than Dease), where the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s Gd; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO, 2s. Gd. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratrord, as under : For—, Auckland —Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays and Thursdays, G p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, G p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera-—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, G p.m. Huiroa—Daily, G p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., . 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Kapouga—-Daily, 3.25 p.m, Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoo—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu- -Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, « p.m. I’uniwhakau —Tuesdays and Satu. days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, G p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, G p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, G p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Te Wera—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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