POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 36, 11 February 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each -loz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Alexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, 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 tnereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. . Past Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (rncludmg 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 for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places 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 unaei Boz sent oy first available route; over Boz 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.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof: over 2oz as for “all other places.” All ■*'ther places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— Ad exenangea continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christcnurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefiv from 9 to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, fov eacii £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £5, Is; £7, la Gd; £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 Tor each £l pr .fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at Tate of postal money orders, plus telegra'ph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For-12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, antl.Jd fori each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ?ach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. a. Australian States 0 4frd per word Fiji 0 8 „ 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 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 docs not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £6O. 2s. 6d / MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, 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. Hawera-r-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—-Daily, 8.10. a.m., 9.50 a.m., and’2.3o p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Hniroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Huriraoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and

Saturday, at 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 Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk-Daily, 8.10 u.m,, 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makalyu—Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst- Daily, 8.10 a.in., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.rn., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Norrnanby—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.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—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., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, (i p.ra. labor a—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturdov, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, JO a.m.; and Wednesday, 0 p.m. To Wora—Daily, 0 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday. 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.ra. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.rn., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and p.rn. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona— I Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. «?. G. STANTON. Poatinasver

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