POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 59, 5 March 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters ami Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and Ad 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, Sorvia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tucreof, and ltd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, 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 Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, Ad per 2oz or fraction thereof, Ouo end must be 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 id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places IGoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, 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 and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and i-d for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and Ad eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fractim 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-

IVJoney Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth. Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. £2, Gd; £5. Is; £7, Is Gd; £lO. 2s: £l2, 2s 6d : £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, i Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, ltd for every £5 or fraction of £fi, and a telegraph fee of Is.. Australia,, .at .rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. I I : TELEPHONES. { ■ - :f Charges. —At exchanges !continuou_E : ly open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, au equal charge of £5, Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui arc open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chicllv from 9 to 5 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 worxfs pr loss, including address '‘anil Ordinary T.elegra'rnsy '6d,‘ and for each additional word.' Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each additional word. Telegrains to bo repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. d! Australian States 0 4£d per word Fiji 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 Dart of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is of tlie value of £2O or upwards, Is. Loase or Agreemeut for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s Gd; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s._6d. MAIL .NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m. ; also, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at G p.m. Cardill—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. ICltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and. G p.m. Hawera—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, G p.m. Huiroa—Daily, G p.m. I Lurimoaua—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. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25- p.m. Malice—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu- -Thursday aud Saturday, 6

p.m. Midhirst—Haily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., j and 6 p.m. Mew Plymouth—Hally, 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 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 0 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Satut • days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 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, 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. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 0 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 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangarnomona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON. AO,! Postmaster.

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