POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 43, 19 February 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL KATES. Lettoru am! LQltcr Garcia.—lnland including Cook Islands, Id for each ioz or fraction thereof, and id tor 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 first oz. or fraction tnereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.— lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ail 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 tfor 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 2-Jd, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). ’ Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, ,I’amaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, ]d each paper. If undei Boz sent cy first available route; ovei 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 )d 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. TELEPHONES. Charges.— It exenangea 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 chieflv from 9 to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not oxceed-

Money Orders, (uy Post). —Payable in New Zealand, fov 6ach £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 £l or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within Now Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, pins telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for jach additional word. Telegrams to he repeated, will he charged halfrates in addition to the above. GABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4Jd per word Fiji ... ... 0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Gape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 ; 0 „ (Signature and address counted as Dart of messaae.) 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 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL MOT ICES. Mails close *at tne 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 p.m,, and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Huriraoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, B.IU a.m., 3.3 b 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 a.m., 9.80 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., 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Palmerston N irth—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Buuiwhakau—Tuesdays nd featiu days, 10 a.m.; and "Wednesdays, 6 p.ra. Rowan—Dailv, 3.25 p.m. South Island-—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.ro., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tah ora—Tuesday, Thursday, Satuvdsjv, 0 p.m. Tariki- -Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Talirakawa—'Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 0 p.m. To Wora— 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.ra. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 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 2.36 p.m am? *5 p.m, Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. W hangamomon a—T ue sd ay, Wed n osday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. A. S 3, STANTON. 'Vwt to aster

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