POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 68, 28 March 1913, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Lftttars and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook islands. Id for each ioz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Ji.ca, 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 tneroof, and ijd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards. —lnland, single, Jd; 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, Jd for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, Jd per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be loft open. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and Jd each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4r>z, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2jd, and jd for every aaditional 2oa (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, Jd each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada; .Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange Itiver, South Sea Islands, and Transvaa*, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent first available route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. AH 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 jo. Registration. —2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES.

Charges.— 4t exenangea 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 Npw Zealand, not exceed*

Money Orders, (rjy 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, 3a; £l7. 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany,, 3d for each £1 m fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within Nhw Zealand, 3d for every £5 Ott fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee gf 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 fcd for jach additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ;ach additional word. Telegrams to oe Repeated will be charged half-rates-in addition to the above.

CABLE RATES. s. a. Australian States 0 4fcd per word Fiji* ... ... OS », ■ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 , r United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 (Signature and address counted as Dart of meesaae.) BTAMP 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. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.ra, Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. lllltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 ».m,, 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. rlawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 ».m„ 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Hiliroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday ano Saturday, at 6 p m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 A.m., 2.3 t p.ra., and 6 p.ra. Kapouga—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday,, at G p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. • Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 " a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, 6

p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.50 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.ra., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.BC a.m., 2.30 p.m., and <5 p.m. Palmerston N irth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd fbatm days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.tm [lowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 ft.m., 8,30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, C p.m. Tabora—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, 0 p.m. i l'e Wera—Daily, 0 p.m. Toko—Daily, 0 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday. IP a.m.; Wednesday 0 p.m Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., L> 3u a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.80 p.m and 3 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whan gain onion a—T uesd ay, Wcdn osday, Thursday, and Saturday, at (j p.tu. «. 0. STANTON. Pontnaater.

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