POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 75, 5 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Lstters and Letter Cards. —lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portu- • 'licae Colonics, Siam, Servia, ana Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, icf for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tuereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Carol.—lnland, single, id ; reply, id; all other places, single, Id; reply 3d, „ . Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 3oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per or fraction thereof. One end must b® ieft open. Comrr.srcSa! Paper* —Town (.for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or I<. for first 4oz and id each succeeding for each succeeding 2oz„ All other places lOoz 2Jd, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.— Town and Inland, ict each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaa 1 , Id each paper. If undei Soz sent Ay 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. All other places Id each under 4oz and id eaci extra 2oa. Pattern and Sample Packets. Inland id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places. All ether places, Id first ■ 4oz, t every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration 2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges. — At exenanges 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 ».m. parcel post. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders, (rsy Post).— Payable in New Zealand, foi each £o oi fraction of £5, 3d Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d, £o, Is - £7, ! Is 6d; £10; i2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; £ls, 35.;: £17,. 3s 6dj; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada, United States, .Hawaii, 1 add Gennadi 3d for each £1 or. fraction' thereof/(By Telegraph).— Within Now ZealandiTJJd for every £o or fraction)of £5, a telegraph foe of Ts. Australia, at rate of postal, mousy orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address • and signature— Ordinary Teiegrafns, 6d, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for >ach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged hairrates in''addition to the above. „ S '“’"‘cable rates. . -000 ts obi a. a. Australian: States i'i -0 4id per word Fiji lr ..... ... n 0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... ,03 ~ United States 2 4to 3 8 <> Cape Colony '-2 7 „ United Kingdom a U •• (Signature and address counted as part of message.)

STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter tnereot is of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where tho rent docs not excood £SO, 2s oci j for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2a. 6d MAIL- NOTICES. Mails close at the Poet Office, Stratford, as under:— Auckland— Daily, 8.10 am.; also. Tuesdays, Thursdays, ami Saturdays, at G p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 8.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. El tham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. llawera —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., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakamar— Daily, 6 p.m. FTuiroa —Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana— Tuesday, Wednesday ami Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 1'8.25 p.m, . Kiore— Monday, Wednesday, and i'ri-

day, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi— Tuesday, Wednesday ana Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p,m. Mahoo—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu— Thursday and Saturday, c pm. Midhirst— Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., J p.m., 2.30 p.m., aud 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., 9.80 a.ni., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N;rth—Daily, B.IU a.®*. i).30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura— Daily, 6 p.m. Puui whakau —Tuesdays nd Satin days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. I,lowan—l)aily, 3.25 p.im South Island-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 3 p.m. Tahora— Tuesday, Thursday, Hatardar, 6 p.m. Tariki— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m. I'anrakawa— Tuesday and Saturday. 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 0 p.m. !’« Wera- Daily, 6 p.m. Toko-Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—ITuesday 1 Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wnirarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 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., 9.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and <5 p.m. Wellington— Daily. 8.10 a.m., 8.3 C a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday. Wednes day, Thursday, and Saturday, a 6 p.m. | 1 B. O. STANTON. Postmaster,

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