POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 14, 15 January 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook Islands, id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and id tor each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United btates, Chili, Costa Rica, Kgypt, Italy, %*; exl " co, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, rago Pago, Paraguay. Portugal, and I ortugueso Colonies, Siam, Serna, and Postal Agencies in Chinese _ treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2jd for the hrst oz. or fraction tuereof, and 130 for each succeeding oz. or fraction th post Cards, —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; ail other places, single, id; * 6 Pointed 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 20/, or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. „ ~ Commercial Papers —fown (for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or la for hrst 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and ia for each succeeding 2oz. All otnei places lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers,-—Town and inland, each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea , slands, and Transvaa’, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent Ay first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steemer only, urn less specially addressed and paid a rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places 1 each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. 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 Orders. (By Post).— Payable in New Zealand, for eacfl £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £o, Is: £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6dj £ls, 3s£l7. 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £lO. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d fdr each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3(1 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.— It excnanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private .residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. , Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all flight. The other Exchanges chieflv from 9 to 5 p.m, TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address I and signature— , Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word.’ ’ ,' Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for iach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in> addition to the above. J CABLE RATES, s. a. Australian States 0 4id per word Fiji 0 8 » Norfolk Island ... 0 3 >i United States 2 4to 2 8 ~ Cape Colony 27- ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ,» (Signature and address counted as part 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 od; for every additional £SO, or part oi £SO. 2s. 6d,

MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tJcie Fost Office. Stratford, as under:—

L< or— „ , „ , Auckland —Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Mondays, Wednesdays, and rridaya, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Sawora—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.81 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakarna —Daily, 6 p.m.

Huiroa— Daily-, 0 p-m. , Hurimoana —Tuesday, Inuisday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.0 l p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore —Monday, Wednesday, and Fn day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi —Tuesday, Thursday, anc Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgailth—Tuesday, Thursday, anc Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe-4-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, i

Midhirst —Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m. ; and 6 p.m. y *. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., i 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. Norm an by—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9. a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N )rth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Tuesday, Thursday, an? Saturday, 0 p.m. Puni whakau— Tuesdays nd Satm days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan —Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m.> 9.3 b a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 6 P-™- a Tahora —Tuesday, Thursday,- Satur-Tarikf-Daifyr‘B.lo a.m.; 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. , Taunikawa—' Tuesday and Saturday

10 a.m. To Wera —Daily, 6 p.m. Toko-—Daily, 0 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa— Tuesday and Saturday, It a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.0 t 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 n.m am? 0 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.31 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona —Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. S, O, STANTON. PfwtrrmW»r,

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