POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 15, 15 May 1912, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each loz 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 Bago, Baraguay. Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese ! roaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tueroof, and Lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Care’s. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id 5 all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printer! Papers (including Books and 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 be left open. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or Id for first loz anil id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first loz, and id for each succeeding 2oz All other places TOoz 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, <B' C * Transvaa', Id each paper. If under, Soz sent oy first available route; over Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first loz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id eac! extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Pockets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fracthn thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All othoi places, Id first loz, 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. 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s Gel; £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, ?>d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of la. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.— It 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 chiefly from 9.t0 5 x>.m. TELEGRAPH EC RATES, i For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Oidinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ?acli additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will 1)6 charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4id 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 Dart of message.) 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. Leas© or Agreement for Lease, where the rent docs not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; for every additional £6O, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tno Post Office, ■Stratford, as under: — U or— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 0.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltliam—Daily, 8.10 a.in., 0.30 a.m,, 2.30 p.m., and (5 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., ami 2.30 p.m. Huiakarna —Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, (i p.m. Hurimoana—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 Fri-

day, G p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 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 aud 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., 2.39 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 irth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satutdays, 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, 0 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. To Wora—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturdav, 10 a.ra. Tutatawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, ‘B.IO 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. Wiui ngam omen a—Tuesday. '{ hursrlay. and Saturday. 6 p.m. h. v*r.v. Postmaster.

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