POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 47, 24 February 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES, tetters arse? Letter Cards.—lnland including Cook Islands, Id for each 4ob or fraction thereof, and id 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, Serbia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, I'd for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards,—-Inland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers Cmciuding Books and Magazines, nob 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 Paparu.—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id tor 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 hy first available route; over Soz 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.— 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 exchanges 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, Eastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 jp.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders, (xiy Post). —Payable in New Zealand, fov each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Common wealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. (id; £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 £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within Now Zealand, 3d for etery £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, phis 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 be repeated will bo charged halfrates in addition to the above. GABLE RATES. s. a. Australian States 0 4Jd per word Fiji 0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... 0 8 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as Dart of measaao.) 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. Gd MAIL NOTICES. Mails cloce at tfce 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. Kltham— Daily, 8.10 a.ra., 9-80 a.m., 2.80 p.rn., and 6 p.m. Hawera— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.ra., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 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, 8.10 a.ra., S.3b 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., 9.50 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.rn. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m,, and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 am., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngairo—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.nu, and 6 p.rn. Norman by^—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.ra., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N jrth—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. L’ohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satun days, 10 a.m. ; and Wednesdays, G p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 »..m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.rn. Strathmore—Daily, (1 p.rn. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Raturfhiy, 6 p.m, Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. ; and Y/ednesday, G p.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, B p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa-—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarnpa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0,80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wa njramii— Daily, 8.10 a.in., 0.30 a.ra 2.30 p.m and 5 p m. Wellington—Daily. 8.10 a.ra., 0.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Wh an ga mmn on n—Tuosd ay, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, -at 6 p.m. '3, >l. STANTON. Tcintma'for

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