POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 76, 7 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letter* and Leitsr Cards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oa or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, .Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, faiaguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Liam, faervia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty ports, Id for each ok. 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).—Ail places, Jd per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per zoz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeuiaa 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2Jd, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange Itiver, South Soa Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent 0y first available route; ovei Boz 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 each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All other places,' Id ■ first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for ail places. TELEPHONES.

Charges. — At 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, Eastings, Palmerston North, and Wangaum 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 New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Phst).— Payable in New Zealand, fffr each £5 or fraction of- £5, 3d. Commonwealth,, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £u, Is ; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2a 6d; £ls, 3a; £l7. 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; mm'mum, £4o.' United Kingdom, British i Possessions, 1 .’Canada; .United States, i Hawaii, .and-Qeromny, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By -flelcgrhph)'.— Within New'Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction df £5, and a telegraph, foe of Is: Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. -a v* RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for dearth additional.word. : *• ‘ Urgent Telegrams, le, and Id for jach additional word. Telegrams to be ’repeated will he charged halfrates in addition to the above. QA CABLE RATES, : .nn V . i B. a. Australian States 0 4id per word Fiji .... t.. ® § ” Norfolk Island ... 0 8 » f

United States 2 4to 2 8 Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 .. (Signature and address counted as Dart of measaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof ib 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 £6O. 2s. 6d * ' MAIL. NOTICES. Mails close at tne Post Office, Stratford, as under:—

'.'or- , Auckland —Daily. 8.10 a.m. j also. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, B.IU a.m., B.flO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. liawera —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—■ Daily, 6 p.m. Uuiroa —Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana —Tuesday, Wednesday anal Saturday, at 6 p.m; I Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 3.80 r p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—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.m. Makahu— Thursday and Saturday, 6 Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m;, and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 ft.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. •Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 ».m.. 2.30 p m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N^rth —Daily, 8.10 a.m., a. 30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd oatm days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan —Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 6 p.ra. Tahora—-Tuesday, Thursday, Haturdav, 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 aud Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 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 S p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona —Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. •3. G. STANTON. Poatmaater.

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