POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 72, 18 November 1912, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

—p. POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 3oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa liica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Porta, id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tuereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply.; id;, ail other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed 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 lirst 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places XOoz 2id, and id for every aofditional 2oz (Open for inspection). i Newspapers Town and Inland, id eacli. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange Kiver, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz sent oy first available route; ovei Boz sdnt by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id tor each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. ' pattern and Sample 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 places. ' ' PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for de- - i livery ip 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; £l6, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. Unjted Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United Stages, 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 df Is.' Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.— At excnanges contihuoualy 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, .Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and-Wanganui are open all day and all 1 night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 ito 5 j?.m. TELEGRAPHIC BATES. For 12 wqr(Js,or,les3, inc|u|ding address • arid SignatureOrdinary Telegrams, 1 6d, and id'for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ;ach additional word. to bo i repeated, will |ie charged halfrates in addition td'the above. CABLE RATES. ’' a. d. Australian States '0 " '4id per .word Fiji '0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... •ft-.-.S ~ United States 2 4toi2 8 r,„ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom '3 0 „ (Signature'and address counted as cart 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. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does; not exceed £SO, 2s ©d; for every additional £SO, or part ol £6O. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Tost 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. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’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. 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, p.m. .. • ■ . Eohuratahi—-Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, anc Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk-Daily, 8.10 a.m.,. 9.3<.; a.m;, and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, t 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, .r Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normandy—Daily, tt.xu a.m., 9.3 U a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston Njrth—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 Satin days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.mu South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m,. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.mi Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, TO a.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, N 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., amd 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.rn. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and 8 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. ’ 8. 0. STANTON. Postmaster.

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