POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 62, 8 March 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

—; o~ POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oss 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 2id for the first oz. or fraction tueroof, and lid 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 hind Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz; Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must ho left open. Commercial Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places 10oz 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 Boz sent by first available route; over Boz sent bv direct steamer only, unless specially addressed i and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under' 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Puckets.—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 |d. Registration.—2d additional for all places. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post,).—Payable in New Zealand, for eacli £5 or fraction of £5, 3d, Common wealth,' Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Gd; £5, Is; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd f £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 £5 or fraction of, £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. i*, , >. 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 chieHv from 9.t0 5 p.m, TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, .including address and signature—" ' !i ;z t Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and $d for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each additional word. Telegrams to bo repeated will be.; .'charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. 8. d. Australian States 0 4Jd per word Fiji 0 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, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s Gd; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO, 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Tost Office, Stratford, as under;— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, G p.m. Fltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Sawera—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 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. Huiakarna—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. H urimoana—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, G p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G 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., 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 r 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 0 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N n th—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura— I Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satin 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, G p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, G 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, G p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.rn.; Wednesday G p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G 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.rn., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. 6 n.m. S. O. STANTON. 1 ’ Postmaster.

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