POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 59, 11 March 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oa or fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Bica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portufuese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and 'ostal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each ok. 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).—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 Transvas', Id each paper. If undei Boz sent oy first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, un-' less 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 each extra 2pz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, 'id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All Hther 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, £6 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. . n /, Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day aqd all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9to 5 p.m. . PARCEL POSt. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders, (uy Post).—Payable in. New. Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Cd; £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). l — New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph foe of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. ! TELEGRAPHIC RATES.

iW 12 words or less, 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 be charged halfrates in addition to the above, CABLE RATES. a. d. Australian States 0 4Jd per .word Fiji 0 8 „ , Norfolk Island ... 0 3 „ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cajje Colony / 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 „ (Signature and address counted as 'cart of messaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt dr . 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. Oct i ' T MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under:—’ For— . Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.’; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays,* and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham — Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 8.80 a.m.,

2.30 p.m., and '6 p.m. - ■ Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 ».m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakaraa—Daily, 6 p.m, Huirpa—Daily, 6 p.m. .. Huriraoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and

Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.* 8.80 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 Truhk—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makah u—Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Now Plymouth—Dally, 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., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Palmerston N^rth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily. 6 p.m. Puniwhabau—Tuesdays nd Satin days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. Tahnra—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, G p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a,in'.; and Wednesday, G 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-r—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and (3 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9,80 a.m 2.30 p.m ant? <5 p.rn. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Wdiangamomona—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 i>.m. S. G. STANTON. prwt.maßtAr.

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