POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 10, 8 January 1913, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Litter Cards.—ltilaml including Cook Islands, Jd for each 4o'/, or fraction thereof, and id fo; each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom British Possessions, United Slates, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Serna, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id, for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2sd for the first oz. or fraction tuereof, and IJd for each succeeding on. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id, reply 2d. Printed Papers (Mciuding Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered'), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, Jd per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must In left open. 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 for each succeeding 2oz. All othei places iOoz 2Jd, 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 Transvaa', Id each paper. If unde Soz sent oy first available route; ovei ■ioz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places id each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —In !«n<t. id first 2oz or fractim thereof: over 2oz as for “all other places.” AC other places, Id first 4oz, every ad ditional 2nz or fraction irt. Registration. —2d additional for al places. PARCEL POST, Parcels posted in the Dominion for de livery in New Zealand, not exceedmg—

Money Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for eacli £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 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.— At 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 chietlv from 9 to 5 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for >aoh additional word. Telegrams to he repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4id per word Fiji ... ... OB „ 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 Discnarge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is )f the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s Od; for every additional £SO, or part oi £SO. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mads close at tne Post Office Stratford, as under: — i or- ■ Auckland —Daily, 8.10 a.m. ; also Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days, at 6 p.m. Oaium—o.2s p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Elttiam—Daily, B.IU a.m., 9.30 a.m..

2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. tiawera —Daily, tt.lo a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 C

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, 6 P->°-iluiroa—Daily, d p.m. Hurimoana— Tuesday, Thursday, and

Saturday, d p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.3 t p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 P m - . Klore—Monday, Wednesday, and Un-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and

Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe —Daily, 3.25 p.m. Mam Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 U

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahii- -Thursday and Saturday, 6

p.m. Midmrst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.ra. New Fly mouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., ] p.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normauby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 C a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.ra. Palmerston Nirth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, am: Saturday, O c.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd &atm days, 10 a.m. ; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island- —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.81 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. Tabor a—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Taurakawa.—Tuesday and Saturday i 0 a.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday | and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 1C a.m. ; Wednesday 6 p.m Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.SC a.m., and 2.30 p.m. | Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. i Wanganui —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m , 2.30 o.in and 3 p.m. ! Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.rn., 9.30 a m., and 2.30 p.m. Whan gam onion a—Tu esd ay, Th u rad ay and Saturday, 6 p.m. a. U STANTON. Postmaster.

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