POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 50, 28 February 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Lstters ami Lcfiar Canfs. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and_ 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 first oz. or fraction tnereof, and for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (r deluding Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ail places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for everyßoz 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 2)d, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Ofango River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaa', Id each paper. If undei 3oz sent by 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 am) Sample Packets. —In* land, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All ether places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— M exenanges 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 chiefly from 9 to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST.

Parcels posted iu the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post).— Payable in New Zealand, for 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, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 i 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 i money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPH 1C RATES. For 1.2 words or less, including address j and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for 1 each additional word. ( Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ; rach additional word. Telegrams to < he repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. GABLE RATES. p. a. i Australian States 0 4§d per word < Fiji ... ... 0 8 „ i Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ , Cape Colony 2 7 „ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ 5 (Signature and address counted as 1 cart of message.) t STAMP DUTIES. (Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than f Lease), where the matter thereof is 1 of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. ] Lease or Agreement for Lease, where j f the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; , for every additional £SO, or part of 1 £SO. 2s. 6d » MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, i Stratford, aa under 1 For— j Auckland—Daily. 8.10 a.m.; also. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sat- •* urdays, at 6 p.m. Cardilt—Daily, 3.20 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 &.ra M 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 «,m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m: 1 Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Buiroa—Daily, 6 p.Tc. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and 1 Saturday, at 6 p.m. < Inglewood—Daily, 8,10 a.m. t 3.30 1 p.m., and 6 p.m. . Kaponga—‘-Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. _ ! Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday andj : Saturday, at 6 p.m. I ( Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. 1 Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m.* 0.20 s a.m., and 2.30 p.m. 1 Makabu—Thursday and Saturday, 6 ( p.ra. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., ( and 6 p.m. ] Mow 'Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 j p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. } Ngairo—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 9.30 a.m,, 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. 3 Normauby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Palmerston Narth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd 6atu» days, 10 a.m,; and Wednesday a, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. Strathmore—Daily, G 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, G p.m. To Worn—Daily, 0 p.m. toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. I'ututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 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, 3.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.ra and <5 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Wh a ngamomnn a—T u esday, Wed nesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. S. G. BT ANTON. Rostra aster.

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