POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 64, 22 March 1913, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including (Jook islands, id for each loz or traction 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 Colouies, Siam, feervia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, ill for each oz. or fraction thereof ; all other places 2id for the iirst 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. Ono end must b* loft 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 aalitional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, jd each. United Kingdom, Australia, Caaada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and franavaa l , Id each paper, if uudei ioz sent Oy first available route; ovei 3oz 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 lo each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —lntand, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; iver 2oz as for “all other places.” All >ther places, Id first 4oz, every aaditional 2oz or fraction to. Registration 2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges At esenanges 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 x>.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for de livery in New Zealand, not exceed

Money .Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, fov each £5 oi fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth Fiii, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £5 Lb ; £7, is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d, £ls, 3s; £l7, 3a 6d; £2O, 4s; max) mum, £4O. United Kingdom, Britisl Possessions, Canada, United States Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3(1 for every, £5 or fraction of £6, and a telegraph fee of Is./ Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus 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 sach additional word. Telegrams t(. be repeated will be charged half rates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4£d per wore Fiji ... ... 0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 „ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 (Signature and address counted a> part of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 oi over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is if the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent docs not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Fost Office. Stratford, as under:— For— i 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. Eitham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 »,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 a.m,, 0.31 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday ami Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, B.IU a.m., 2.3' p.m., and 6 p.m. ilaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Sioro—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, 6 p.ra. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday an "; Saturday,, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, an* Saturday, 3.25 p.m, Mahoo—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10'a.m., P. 3 a.m., and 2.3 U p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, t 1

p.IH. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.ra., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9,8 a.m., 2.30 p.ra., and 6 p.ra. Palmerston Njrth—Daily, 8.10 a.m 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. I’uni vvhakau—Tuesdays nd 6atu> days, 10 a.m.; and Wednc? days, 6 p.m. llowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.8 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 0 p.m. i’ahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Satm dav. 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.ra. and 6 p.m. Taurakav/a—'Tuesday and Saturday. 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, G p.ra. Te V/ora—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 0 p.ra.; also, Tuesday

and Saturday, 10 a.in. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.in.; Wednesday 6 p.ra. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.in., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara —Daily, 8.10 a.in., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.ra. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.n 2.30 p.m and 1 p.ra. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 0.80 a.in., and 2.30 p.m Whangamomona—-Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON. Putt master

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