POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 34, 23 January 1912, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

PCSTAL KAYESLetters and Litter Cards.— lnland, including Look Islands, Id lor each i.o/, or miction thereof, anti -Jd foi .-acii succeeding 2uz. United Kingdom, Jiritish Possessions, United Btalcs, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Me-xi-co, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 ago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and I ortugnese Colonics, Siam, Scrvia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the iii-sfc or,, or fraction tnercol, and lid tor each succeeding o/.. or fraction thereof. Post Cards Inland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. . .Tinted Papers ( ncJucnng Looks and Magazines, not registered).—All places, .id per 2oz; Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Soz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction tliercof. One end must be icft open. Commarcial Papers.—Town (lor accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or Id for first Joz and .id each succeeding Joz. Inland, Id for first -Joz, and iu ;or each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open lor inspection). Wevi/spapcrs.:—Town and Inland, pi each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange Liver, South Sen Islands, and i ransvaal, Id oach paper, it undei -Joz sent by first available route; over joz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first -loz and id for each succeeding 2pz. All other places Id meli under Joz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first’ 2oz or fraction thereof; 2oz as for ‘‘all other places. All other places, Id first Joz, 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 £5 or .raction of £-5, 3d. Commonwealth, viji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Gd; £5, s; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; Jis, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd; £2O, 4s; maxima;, £4O.- United Kingdom, British dcssessiohs, Canada, United States, .1 .uvaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— A 7 i thin New Zealand, 3d for every £o ,r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee ,f 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. I'Jxchauges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5.) f, Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmers ton North, and Wanganui arc open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 D.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. /or 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and id for jach additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each additional word.. Telegrams to oe. repeated will nbo charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4£d per word rip' ... ... 0 8 ~ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 ~ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as wart 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, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where die 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, t tratford, as under 1— C or— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.in.; also, Mondays and Thursdays, G p.m. ■..’ardilf—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, G p.m. Eltliam—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. tiawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.50 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. niiiroa—Daily, G p.m. Murimoana—inestiay, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G pan. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 pan. a lure—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G p.m. Kohurataiii—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 pan. Mahoo—Daily, 3.25 pan. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu- -Thursday and Saturday, G p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 pan., and G pan. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 pan., 2.30 pan., and G pan. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 pan., and G pan. Nonnanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 pan., and G pan. Ualmerstou North —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Uohokura—'Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 5 nan. Puniwhakan—Tuesdays and Satin days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, G pan. Rowan—Daily, 5.25 p.m. South island-—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 pan. Strathmore—Daily, G pan. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, G pan. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 pan., and u pan. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. I’o Worn—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, G pan'.; also, '1 uesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututnwa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday G pan. Wairarana—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 pan., and G pan. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 pan and G p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 pan. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Thursday, ami Saturday, G pan. i S, U. STANTON, j Postmaster.

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