POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7, 6 May 1912, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, aval 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, Servta, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for cadi oz. or fraction thereof ; all other places 2jd for the first oz. or fraction tneroof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Pest Cards, —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, Ad per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id lor 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), )d per ioz., or Id for first 4oz and J-d 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, Soutli Sea Islands, and Transvaal, ]fl each paper. If under, Soz sent oy first available route; over Soz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and )d for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and )d eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or i’ractim 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-

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Gd; £o, Is; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s Gd ;_£2o, Is; 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 feo of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.— At exenanges 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 chieflv from 9.t0 5 x>.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for iach additional word. Telegrams to be 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 part of message.) STAMP OUT! ES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or 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 docs not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOT!CHS. Mails close at tlie Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.hi.; also, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at G 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 1 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Iluiakaina—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, G p.m. Hnrimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, C 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, 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., 9.39 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. j Makahu- -Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. New Ply month—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 G p.m. Nonnanby—Daily, B.lo' a.m., 9.30 a.m., 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, G u.tu. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays ml Satu«days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, G p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.26 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.in., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8 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, G p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday G p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.1.0 a.m., 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.a. 2.30 p.m and 6 p.m, Wellington—Daily, 8.;0 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.n. Whangarnomor.a—Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday. 0 r n--cq ;■ ■ -ynv Postmaster.

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