POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 20, 21 May 1912, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oa or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi- j co, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, “ago i Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and j Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty j Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction j thereof; all other places 2Jd for the; first oz. or fraction tuereof, and ltd | for each succeeding oz. or fraction

thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; ail other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Print&d Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Soz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left upon. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, id for first 4oz, and id tor each succeeding 2oz. All other olaces lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Nowspapors. —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 Boz sent oy first available route; ovei Boz sent bv direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of id lor first loz and (d for eaco succeeding 2oz. All other places in each undoi loz and )u c-acl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Pockets. —Inland, id first 2oz or tract i in thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.-— 2d additional for ail places. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery ui Now Zealand, not cxcoed-

LJ lb. ... 2 U S S 3 0 Money Orders. (By Post). —Payaide in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiii, Samoa, atfd Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Cd; £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. at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.- (it cxcuanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private, residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, au ecjual charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open aII day' and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC BATES. Fot 12 words or loss, including address A r ' ( TF and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for eacif'Additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for sach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will bo charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES.

(Signature and address counted as cart of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), whore the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, 1». Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s, fid. 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.rn. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltharn—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.in,, 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 Day—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.uu Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 0 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—-Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kioro—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.ra. 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—Daily, 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.m., and 6 p.m. Normanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.rn., and 8 p.m, Palmerston N rrth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 0 p.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, 0 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki— Daily, B.JO a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 0 par. Taurakawa- —Tuesday and Saturday, JO a.m. To. Worn—Daily, 0 p.m. Toko—Daily, (5 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday G p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.in., 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.m 2.30 p.m and 3 p.m Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.n:. Whangamomona—Tuesday, T harsday, and Saturday, 6 p.rn. “■r ST A 1 11 N Postmaster.

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