POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 60, 6 March 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POST^/RATES. Letters and 'Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4pz or fraction thereof, and id 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 2-id for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and ltd for each succeeding uz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, sing le, Id; I 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, id per 2oa or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers. —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., nr Id for first loz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 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- v 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 id for cadi succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. ancUid eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Pnclicts.—lnland, id first 2oz or fracti m. 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 iiosted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

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;Gd; £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 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. establishments, £7,j private residences, £5 ; pep j. annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an 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 qther Exchanges chiefly from Q. to 5 i>.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each additional-word..-(Telegrams to be. repeated; will he charged , half-; rates in addition to the above.' Jr | 1 j CABLE RATES. kNW ■ d-;; Australian States 0 4Jd per word Fiji ...■ WO ' 8 ; ;/ ■ „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 ~ Capo Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as part of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), whore the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, whore the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s Gd; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO, 2s. 6d. MAIL .NOTICES. Mails close at tno Tost, Office, Stratford, as under : For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.ih.; also, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at G p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Elthain—Daily, B.IU a.ra., 9.30 a.in., 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.ip. Eawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, G 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. Kapouga—-Daily, 3.25 p.m, Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, aud Saturday, ,6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoo—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., aud 2.30 p.m. Makahu- -Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. .Midnirst—- Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 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 fi p.m. Norraanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., aud G p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.ra., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Puniwhakaii—Tuesdays aud Satm days, 10 a.m.; aud 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—rDaify, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., aud 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.ra. ' Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.ni. 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. Whangamoniona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON, > irostmaetei ■

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