POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 2, 27 December 1912, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

o POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, i including Cook Islands, Id for each I -4ok or fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, ; British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, MexiNicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago , ago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction tnereol, 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 ('aciuding 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 —lWn tfor accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id tor first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other Maces 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, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent oy first available route; ovei Soz sent 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 undei 4oz and id eacl extra 26z. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, 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 delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Order*. (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; 035, 3«j £l7, 3« 6d; £2O, 4s; maxxnum, £4O. United Kingdom, British dossessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 >r 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 aiouey orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.— It excnanges 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 to 5 ».m. TELEGRAPHIC RATE?. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, 1«, and Id for iach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be 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), where the matter thereof is the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where tho rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £6O, or part of £SO. 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. Cardilt—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.ra., 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. Huiimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kapooga—DaHv, 3.25 p.m. . Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi —Tuesday, Ihursday, 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—Dally, 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 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N irth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.ra., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, H n.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd featm days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p in. Strathmore —Daily, 6 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 Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.ra. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitura—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 3 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangainomona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. 6. W STANTON. Postmaster.

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