POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 38, 27 January 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, Including Cook Islands, Id for each !oz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi--30, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 ago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies, in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the irst oz. or fraction tuercof, and 1-id for each succeeding, oz. or fraction hereof. n ~ , ' Post Cards. —Inland, single, id; roily, Id; all other places, single, Id; ;eply 2d. 1 Printed Papers (including Looas aid Magazines, not, registered). All daces, id per ?oz; Magazines (vcgis•ered), 'inland, ' id for every Soz or fraction thereof/ Foreign- id per 2oz ir fraction thereof. One end must be .eft open. .. ... Commercial Papers.—Town .(tor accounts, etc., only), id per, ioz., or Id "or first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first.4oz, and id or eacj; .succeeding ,2qz- All other ibices lOoz 2id, and id for ,eyc,ry adiitionai 2qz (Open for'inspection). Newspasifers.—Town and Inland, id meh United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India,. Jamaica, Natal, 'irangfe River,,,South Sea Islands, and irahsvaal, Id each paper. If ioz sent.by first available route;, over ioz sent by direct steamer only, unoss specially addressed and P al d at ato of Id for first loz and id for each meceeding 2oz. AH other ach under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern!' And Sample Packets. Inand, id first 2oz or fraction thereof.; Tver 2oss.as.for “all other, places. All jther places, Id first 4qz, eveiy adlitional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all .IIiIQOS. .J----1 PARCEL POST. ’areels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceed-

Ivlonsy Orders. (By Post).— Payiblc in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Eiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Gd; £5, Is; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd; £2O, 4s; maxiuum, £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 ir fraction thereof. (By Telegraph),.— vVithin New Zealand, 3d for every £o ,r fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee >f Is. Australia, at rate of postal .noney orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges. —At exchanges continuously o p e establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5--per- annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an -qual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at-Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier,' Hastings, Palm- ! n-ston North, and Wangiliiui are open ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9.t0 5 x>.ni. TELEGRAPH !C RATES. Ifor 12 words or loss, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and id for sack additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ouch additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4id per word Idiji ... 0 8 ~ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 ~ Capo Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3u 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as part of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 Oliver), id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is v) f tbo value of £2O or upwaids, Is. Lea sc or Agreement for Lease, whore 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, Stratford, as under:— Dor— Auckland— Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays and Thursdays, G p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, G p.m. Eltbam—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Hawora—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m.

| Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 f ■a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Flurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, am Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8;10 a.m., 2.3* p.m., and 6 p.m. Kapouga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi —Tuesday, Thursday, am Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgarth—'Tuesday, Thursday, am Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3) a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu —Thursday and Saturday, ( p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., i p.m!, 2.30 p.m., and 6 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., 9.3 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Tuesday, Thursday, am Saturday, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays and Satu. days, 10 a.m.; and Wedues days, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 l a.m., and 2.30 p.m., Strathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora —Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday 10 a.m. Te Wera —Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, B 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 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.n ,2.30 p.m and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 1 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangaruomona—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster

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