POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 63, 9 March 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4.0 z or fraction thereof, 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 2jd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and Ijd 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, Jd per 2oz; Magazines (registered), inland, Id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per Joz., or Id for, first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oa. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id .'or each succeeding 2oz.- All other Maces lOoz 2.1 d, 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; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed 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 Pockets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fracti in thereof over 2oz as for “all other places.” Al other- places, Id first 4oz, every ad ditional 2oz or fraction id. Registration 2d additional for al places. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 o: 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 Get; £2O, 4s; maxi mum, £4O. United Kingdom, Britisl 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. 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.othor Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 i>.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and £d foi -each, additional word. . Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id foi each additional word. Telegrams to bo repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. i CABLE RATES. e. d. Australian States 0 4}d per word Fiji 0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 ~ Gape Colony 2 7- „ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature'and address counted as Dart of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 oi over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, when the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part oi £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 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. 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, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoaua—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. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. 1 Makahu- -Thursday and Saturday, G p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngairo—Daily, 8.10 a.m., ,9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.nn, and 6 p.m.' Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.,* 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N irth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.3 Q p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 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, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m,, and 6 p.m. Taurukawa—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.m.; Wednesday 0 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.rn. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and G 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. G STANTON, Postmastei -

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