POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 21, 23 January 1913, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters ami Letter Lards. — Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each or miction thereof, ana id tor bucu succoeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British. Possessions, UmieQ otales, Clan, Costa Rica, Kgypt, Italy, Aiexico, .Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay. Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, biam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese ’treaty

Ports, iu for each a/.. oi traeciou thereof; all other places 2id for the mst o z. or traction taereot, and lid lor each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—inland, single, id; reply, Id; ail other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (deluding 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 be left open. commercial Paper*—-Town (.for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id iui nrst loz aua id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id tor brat 4oz, and id lor each succeeding 2oz. All other places idoz 2jd, and id lor every additional 2oz (Open for inspection.). Newspapers.—l own and inland, id I ruled Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, lud.a, ttamaica, Nata), Orange lover, Soutu Sea islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei ■soz'sent oy lirst available route; ovei ■viz seut by direct steamer only, unless speciaily addressed and paid at rate ot Id tor lirst 4oz and id lor each -mceediug 2oz. All other places Id ■aoh undei 4oz and id eaci extra 2oz. pattern and Sample Packets. —Inand, id lirst 2oz or fracthn thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All fuel places, Id lirst 4oz. every additional 2oz or fraction io. 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 each £5 or ( ; action of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £5, £7, Is Gd; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; mum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Withni New Zealand, 3d for every £5 cr fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

TELEPHONES. Charges.— it exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an •i,nal charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open PI, day and all night. The other Ex- ’ anges chiefly from 9 to 6 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES.

For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams. Is, and Id for nich additional word. Telegrams tp i»e repeated will he charged half'•ntes in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. 5. <J. Australian States 0 4Jd per word F : ij ... .. 0 8 „ ■n orfolk Island ... 0 3 ~

United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 „ F nlted 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 u the value of £2O or upwards, Is. I .ease or Agreement for Lease, where t ie rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; f-,;r every additional £SO, or part of

£SO. 2s. 6d. wiAIL NOTICES.

Mails crose tue Post Office, ' tratford, as under:— r crAuckland—Daily. 8.10 a.m.; also. Tuesdays, I'hursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. CardiU—Daily. 3.iso p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Kltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. llawcra—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 Muiakaraa —Daily, 0 pro

Duiroa--Daily. o p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and

Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, o.iu *.m., 2.3 t p.m., and 0 p ro. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and

Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoo—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

pm. 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. Normanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.," 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N irth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0 30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Daily, G 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., 9.3 C a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wora—Daily, 6 p.m. I Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday j and Saturday, 10 a.m. j Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 1.0 a.m.; Wednesday 0 p.m Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 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. Whangamornona—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. 9. 6. STANTON. Postmaster.

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