POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 74, 4 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Latter# and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, add id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Liam, 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 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 86a or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers —Town (.for at counts, etc., only), id for 20/.s, or lo for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz„ All other places IDoz 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 Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent oy first available route; over Soz 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 itl each under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places. Ail other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or traction id. Registration.—2d additional for ail places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— At exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Uauedm, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 ».m. " PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders, (By Post).— Payable in New Zealand, fov each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £o, Is : £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2a 6d; £ls, 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 New Zealand, 3d for every £5 of fraction of £5, and'a telegraph fee of Is. Australia! at rate; of postal m6ney\orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 Words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word. , Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for inch additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to.the above. M 1 ;i I CABLE RATES, L -it o 3* . . . Australian States , 0 4*d per word Fiji , 1 ° 0 8 Norfolk Island ... 0 9 » United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Ohlony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 .. (Signature and address counted as Dart of message.) STAMP 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 ©very additional £SO, or port 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.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Elthani—- Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—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., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m.

Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday ano Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.i B*Bo p.m., and 6 p.m. fvaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kioro—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 Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, 0 p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normauby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 d a.m.,' 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N >rth—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd &atu» days, 10 a.m.,; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan —Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturdav, 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, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6, p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m-; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa —Tuesday aud Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday G p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 3.30 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 2.30 p.m and ? p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona —Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. G. BTANTON. JVwtmaatei.

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