POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8, 7 May 1912, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and i-ettar Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and Jd 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 01. or fraction tuereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. . Post Cards.—lnland/ single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. . Printed Papsrs (including JJooks and Magazines, not registered).—All places, &rl per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per Joz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Goittmsroial Papers—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per Joz., or Id for first 4oz and |d each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and[Jd for each succeeding 2oz All other places lOoz 2Jd, and |d for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). NowSpapers.—Town ai*d JJilapa, *a each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, JNatai, Orange River, South Sea Islands,, t*p a Transvao', Id each paper. If under. Soz sent oy first available route; ovel 3oz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and -Jd lor each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and Jd eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Samp!® Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction 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 id aces. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery iu New Zealand, not oxceed-

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 Cd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £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. Charges.- It 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, Duuedin, Invercargiil, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chionv from 9.t0 5 z>.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ?ach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. a. d. Australian States 0 4£d 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 messaae.) STAMP DUTIES. 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. Loase or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTSCES. Mails close at tne 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, G 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. Hawko'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. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglcwood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. lucre—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 cm. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu--Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midlurst—■ Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. N T ew Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Xgaire--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Mormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.3!) p.m., and G p.m. Palmerston N ;rth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, H q.uj. Puniwhakau—Tuesday;) nd Satu. days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.ra 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 G p.m. Tan rakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p..m Toko—Daily, 0 p.m. ; also, Tuesday and Saturdav. 10 a.m. Tntutawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. ; Wednesday 0 p.m. Wairarapa— Daily, 'S.VJ 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. Wanyanui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3(5 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. WhanganKniiono- Tt." <\d;>y, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Postmaster.

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