POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 77, 8 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

/ POSTAL BATES. I Letters and Litter Garris,— lnland, ! including Cook Islands, Id for each j 4oz or fraction thereof, and id fo; 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, Siam, bervia, and Postal xigencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. -! , . , , , Post Cards. —Inland, single, id ; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2a. Printed Paper* (including Books and Magazines, not registered).-—Ail places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boss or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per or fraction tho|reqf. One i end must be left open. „ Commercial Papon#*--Town (lor accounts,.etc., only), id for 2ozs, or I< for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz.i Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All othei 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 River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If unde; Boz sent oy first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, uuless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and. Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places la each under 4oz and id eaci extra 2oz. pattern and Sample Packets. —lnmndj id first 2oz : or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places. AL other places, Id first 4oz, every auddjfiional 2oz or fraction V-' . „ Registration.—sd. for all places. .'■•jmmiinirf-'tin nu > •« > •; TELEPHONES.

Charges, - it .exenanges continuously 'open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal ctTarge of £5. , Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, In vefcargiil, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 D.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders, (uy Post). — Payable in New Zealand, fov each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d<; Commonwealth, Fiji, Sanioa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £o, Is ; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; I £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; mm 'ihuta, £4O. fjqiijed kingdom,, British; Possessions. CMS. United * States, Hawaii, ind Germany, 3d for each. £1 or■ fraction Telegraph).--Within iNfew Zealand, 5 3(1 for* every £5 Or 1 fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee hofrls. 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 id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ?ach ildditional word. Telegrams to be /repeated will be charged nalt-, rates] wi addition to the above.

| cAßfLpfWTfs.; r- * Australian States 0 4*d per word Fiji 0 8 Norfolk Island ... 0 9 » United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 [lm£ed Kingdom 9 0 (Signature and address counted as part of message-) STAMP OUTSEB. 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 docs not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2a. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Post Office, Stratfbrd, as under;— For—ll , Auckland —Daily, 8.10 a.m.; 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,, BJO a.m,. 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Hawera —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 pfiri., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 'a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, 6 p.m. Huirqa—Daily, 8 p.m. Huriraoana—Tuesday, Wednesday ami Saturday, at 6 p.th, fInglewood—Daily, 8.10 a-m., 8.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. fUpopga—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. y- ; Kohuratahi— ITuesday, 1 Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.’; Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, sJia , Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—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 Midhirst— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. _ New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p m , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngairo—Daily, 8.10 *.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Norraanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.>A a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Palmerston N ?rth—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura— Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau— Tuesdays nd Satu* days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Rowan —Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 8 p.m. Tab or a—Tuesday, Thursday, Batur<lsjv, 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. To Wera —Daily, 8 p.m. Toko—Daily, 0 p.m.; also, Tuesday and 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, P.lO a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m am? % p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona —Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,' and Saturday, at 6 p.m. q, (i STANTON. Postmaster.

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