POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 69, 29 March 1913, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, id for each toz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Kica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and t'ostal-Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for' each oz. or fraction thereof; ail other places 2id for tin first oz. or fraction tuereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards—lnland, single, |d; 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 btloft 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 othei places lOoz 2id, and id for every ao ditional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, io each. United Kingaom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, uamaioa, Natal, Orange Kiver, South Sea Islands, and Transvaa l , Id each paper. If undei doz sent oy first available route; ovei doz 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 la each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln innd, id first 2oz or rracti m thereof , ovOr 2oz as for “all other places.” All »ther places, Id first 4oz, every ao ditional 2oz or fraction jo. Registration.—2d additional for ah places. TELEPHONES.

Charges.— it exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7, private residences, £6 per annum Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palm erston 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 de livery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Order*. (By Post).—Pay able in New Zealand, foi each £5 o> fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £5 Is; £7, is 6d; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2s 6d 016, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maxi mum, £4O. United Kingdom, Britis! Possessions. Canada, United States flawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 >r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— VVithin New Zealand, Bd for every £1 >r fraction of £5, and;a: telegraph fei ; f • Is. Australia; '■ at ; rate of postal noney orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for mch additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for iach additional word. Telegrams t-; be repeated will be charged half rates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. 8. 0. i‘"l , Australian States ■ 0 4fcd per won Fiji ... ... 0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 „ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Gape Colony 2 7 „ United Kingdom 3 0 (Signature and address counted a> part of message.) STAMP DUTIES.

Receipt or Discharge (for £2 01 over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof if of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, when the rent does not exceed £SO, 2a 6d. tor every additional £SO, or part ot £SO. 2a. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tbe Post Office Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland —Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m, Cardiff—Dhily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Kltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. flawora—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B. 8( a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—-Daily, 0 p.m. FTuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday am Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8,10 a.m., S;& p.m., and 8 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, 6 p.m. Ivohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday ant. Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, anr Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 t a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, f

p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m

and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Ngairo—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ndrmanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.Jfc a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. OaWierstou North—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. ■Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Funiwhakau —Tuesdays nd 6atu» days, 10 a.m.; and Wednee days, 6 p.m. Rowan-Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.8( a.m,, and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 0 p.m. I’ahora-i-Tuesday, Thursday, Bator dav, 6 p.m. . Tariki—Daily, 8.10 aim., 2.80 p.m. and 6 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, G p.m. Te Wora—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday. LC a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, B.IU a.m., 9.31 ' 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.a 2.30 p.m and 3 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 aim., 0.31. a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Wednus day, Thursday, and Saturday, a; 6 p.m. 9. G STANTON. Postmaster

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