POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 71, 19 March 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 107, : 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 tuereof, and ljd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Book? and Magazines, not registered).—Af places, Jr) per 2oz; Magazines (regie tered), inland, id for every Boz o' fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2o? or fraction thereof. One end must K left open. Commercial Papers —Town (for ac counts, etc., only), id per ioz., or If for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and Jd for- each succeeding 2oz All othei places lOoz 2Jd, and Jd for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers. —Town and Inland, Jd each. United Kingdom, Australia, Ca n.ida, Ceylon. India, Jamaica, Natal Orange River, South Sea Islands, am Transvaal, Id each paper. If undci Boz sent by first available route; ovo.' Soz sent by direct steamer only, uu less specially addressed and paid a" rate of Id for first 4oz and id for eac! succeeding 2oz. All other places 1 ( each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz Pattern and Sample Packets. —In land, -Jd first 2oz or fracti m i.thereof , over 2oz as for ‘ v aH other places.” A 1 other places, Id first A oz,- every ad ditlonal 2oz or fraction id; Rogistratlon.f--2d additional for al places^PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in tho Dominion for dc livery in New Zealand, not exceed

Money Orders. (By Post). —Pay able in New Zealand, for each £s.c fraction of £5, 3d.. Commonwealth Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £o Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; max' mum, £4O. United Kingdom,. Britis! Possessions, Canada, United Stales Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £' or fraction, thereof. (By Telegraph) Within New Zealand, 3d for every £• or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fe< of Is. Australia, at rate of posta money orders.: phis telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges;— At exchanges continuous? ly open—Business establishments,- £7 . i 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 to 5 x>.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including addrest ... and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id foi each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id foi each additional word. Telegrams t; be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above.? CABLE RATES. s, d. Australian States 0 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 a. r part 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, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part oi £SO. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tUe 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. Eltliam—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 0 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., 9.31 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m: Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, ano 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. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, 6 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, Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Nonnauby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.ra., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N )rth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 o.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satu. 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. Te 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. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. B.- G. STANTON. Jt'oefcmastei-

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