POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 62, 18 March 1913, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook islands. Id for each loz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United (Mates, Chili, Costa lima, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colouics, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese TreatyPorts, lei for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2sd for the first oz. or fraction taereof, and IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, id; ail 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 (eft 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, |d each. United Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and TransvatP, Id each paper. If undei Soz sent oy first available route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first loz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under loz and id eacl 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 Jo. Registration.— 2d additional for all places.

TELEPHONES. Charges.— At exenangos 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 in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders, (ny Post). —Payable in Now Zealand, fov each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji,. Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £6, is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; f ib, 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 every £5 ur fraction of £5, and a 'telegraph fee of la.i Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

TELEGRAPH 1C RATES. * For 12 words pr less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and 4d for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ;aoh additional word. Telegrams to bo repeated will be charged half'•ates in addition to the above, , CABLE RATES. 5. <i. . ; t Australian States 0 4Jd per word Fiji ... ,u 0 8 „ Norfolk Island, ~.- 0 3 : United States 2 4to 2 8 • Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 (Signature and address counted as. Dart of messaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 oi 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 £6O. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at fcne Post Office, Stratford, as under:For—

Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. 7 Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Bltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Eawera—Daily, 8.10 a.ra., 9.20 u.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Efawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 ».m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. ETmakamar—Daily, 6 p.m, Huiroa—Daily, 0 p.m.

Huriraoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 »,m., B.Bt> / p.m., and 6 p.m. Kapopga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Koliuratahi—-Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 0 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoo—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makalui—Thursday and Saturday, 6

p.ZS. Midhirat—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 pan. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 pan., and 6 p.in. Ngatro—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 *.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Norman by—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.rn,, 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. t’ahnerstou N nth—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura-—Daily, 6 p.m. Punivvhakau—Tuesdays nd Satin days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Uowiui—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.Bu a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—-Daily, 0 p.ra. i'ahora—-Tuesday, Thursday, Satuidav, 6 p.ra. Tariki- -Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p in., and 6 p.m. Taurakavva—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.rn.; and Wednesday, 0 p.m. To Worn—Daily, 0 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.rn.; Wednesday 0 pm Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.80 a.rn., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 2.2.; p m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m an d 3 p.rn. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.33 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Wha nga ino mon a—Tuesday, Wed no - - day, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. t i . O, STANTON. S-./iLurasivi.

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