POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 40, 15 February 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, 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 2Jd for the hrst oz. or fraction tuereot, and I*o for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, 4d; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, Jd per 2oz • M agazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must b» left open. Commercial Papers —Town (for ac counts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or 1c 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 undei Boz sent oy first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid al rate of Id for first 4oz and id tor each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, 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. TELEPHONES. Charges.— 4.t exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £6 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 night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not excoed-

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, fov each £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. 3a 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. 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 j for jach additional word. Telegrams to b© repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. a. Australian States 0 4id per word Fiji ... ... 08 t „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 „ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 „ United Kingdom 3 0 (Signature and address counted at Bart of messaae.) STAMP DUTIES.

Receipt or Discharge (for f £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 £6O, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Fost 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., 0.80 a.m. 2.30 pan., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakamar—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. * Kaponga—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi —Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, anr . Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe —Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.31 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—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 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 fl p.m. Palmerston Njrth—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily. 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satuidays, 10 a.m,; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Ddily, 8.10 a.m,, 0.80 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 6 p m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 n.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 1 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 ( a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Wliangamomona—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. i. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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