POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 52, 26 February 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL HATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and fid for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago 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 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and Ifid for each\succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards. —lnland, single, fid; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, fid per 2oz; Magazines (registered), inland, fid for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, fid per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only), fid per fioz., or Id for first 4oz and fid each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and fid for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2fid, and fid for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers. —Town and Inland, fid each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, Soxith Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz sent by first available route; over Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and fid for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and fid eacl extra 2oz. Pattern anti Sample Packets.—lnland, fid first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction fid. Registration. —2d additional for all places. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, ,4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United' States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 or 1 fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within Now Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee 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. ' Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9.t0 5 l>.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES* : , For 12 words or less,, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and fid for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each, additional word.- Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition, to the above.. CABLE RATES. s. d. :i Australian States 0 4fid per word Fiji OS „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 „ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as part of messaao.) 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 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tUo Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 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, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgavth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Malum--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. Mid hirst—Daily, .8.10 a..in., 2.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.80 p.m., aud 6 p.m. Ngairo—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., aud 6 p.m. Norman liy—Daily, 8.10 a.ra., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.ra., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, ana Saturday. 3 o.m. Puniwhakau— Tuesdays and Satu. days, 10 a.m.; and AVednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.ra., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, G p.m. Tariki— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. , _ , , Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Te Wera— Daily, 6 p.m. Toko— Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 •i 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. AVangnnui—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. Whammrnomona— T uesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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