POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 31 January 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook Islands, Id lor each K fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa, llica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 ago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and 1 ortuguose Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese treaty Ports, Id for each 'oz. or fraction thereof; all other places for the first oz. or fraction tuereof, and 1-id for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. . , Post Cards Inland, single, Id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. , Printed ' Papers (including Books 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 thereof. One end must bo left open. ' Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or Id for first loz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers. —Town and Inland, a a each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz sent by first available route; o\ei Soz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid a rate of Id for first 4oz and Jd tor each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id each extra -oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, 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 ioi an places. v PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Mcney Orders. (By Post).— Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d.- Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, bd, Lo, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd; £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 Lo or fraction of £5, and a telegraph- tee of Is. Australia, at rate or postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.* TELEPHONES. Charges At exchanges continuously open-—Business establishments, £< , private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, ,an equal charge oh,£s. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington,! Christchurch’,; ■Dunedin, Jnvhrdargill, Napier, Hastings/ 1 alracfstoh North, and; Wanganui are open all; day 1 'and 'fs night;; Thq other Exchanges' chiefly from 9-to, ,5 i>.m. ~ 'TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address . and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Cd, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id tor each additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will bo charged hallrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4*d per word Fiji'* 1 ' 0 ° ” Norfolk'lsland 0 8 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 ~ Cape 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 Lease), 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 (id; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO, 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Officq, Stratford, as under : If or— Auckland —Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays and Thursdays, 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham —Daily, B.IU a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and (3 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., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, (3 p.m. Huiroa— Daily, 0 p.m. Hurimoana —Tuesday, Thursday, ana Saturday, 0 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. Kohurataiii—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—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 G p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 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., 9.30 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, and Saturday, ft o.m. Puniwhakau —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. Taliora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, G p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m;, 2.30 p.m.,

\_aud G p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. To Wora —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 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and (3 p.m. Wellington—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. VVliancnmomnna —-Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster

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