POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 78, 9 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or traction thereof, and 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, Siam, Serviu, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each on. or fraction thereof; all other places 2jd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and lid t'oir each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. , : Poajt Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other placOs, single, Id; reply 2d. ' '*• Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz- Magazines (registered), inland, id (Or every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 20% or fraction thereof. One end must be left open- 1 ' i. ' -lb -j -A... Commercial Papers.— Town (fpr accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, of 1c tor first 4oz and id each succeeding <!oz. Inland;- 1 Id for firdt 4oz, - and f id for each succeeding- 2oe, All other olaces lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon,'lndia, Jamaica, Natal, Orange Riven,; South Sea Islands, and Transvaa', Id each paper. If undei 3oz sent 0y first available route; ovei 4oz 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 eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inane!, id first 2oz or'fraction! thereof; iver 2oz as for “all.other places.”; All ther places, Id first loz* every adlitional 2oz or fraction io. Registration. —2d additiohal for all daces. I f ■ n v TELEPHONES.: Charges.— it exchanges ‘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 X>.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Order*. (By Post).— Payable | in New foil‘each £5 or motion of £5, 3d,. -, (Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £5,. Ls; £7, Is 6d; £10,',"25; £l2, 2s 6d ; C|s, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d'; l £2o, 4s; maxiniun, £-,10. United Kingdom, British ’ossessioris, Canada, ( United States, Tdwaiiriitid Germany, 3d for each ■it fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Vith.in N4w Zealalndj ’’3d fof every £5 r fraction of £s,'add'& ’telegraph fee > .f' la; Australia, ai. rate jdf postal. ( noney orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. ■’or 12 words or less, including address i f. ..y 1 and,,signatureOrdinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for ach additional word. Ufgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ach‘’•additional tc» o repea tied; will, irjt fyf>( ./sbargedi half HII ues in audition above., ■ n cable' RATES. ’ ( “ ! b. a. vnstraliad States 0 4*d per word Fiji r , 0 8 >9 Norfolk Inland ... <Di 3 ~** United States 2 4to 2 8 Jape Colony 2 7 „ Imted Kingdom 3 0 „ (Signature and address counted as part of measaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 oi ivcr), Id. Agreement (other tha.n ■.ease), where the matter 1 1hereof is >f the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does' not exceed £6O, 2a 6d, cor every additional £SO, or part ol d6oi 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tbe Post Office, •Stratford.' as-under:— ‘‘or— ; Vucbland—Daily. J 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. aidili—Daily. 3.25 p.m, loggias—Daily, 6 p.m. <ll iham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. ; JC’ 1 " JJd lawera —Dally, 8.10 a.m., 0,30 a.m., 2.30 p m., and 6 m _ rlawke’s Bay'—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Buiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. fniroa—Daily, 6 p.m, Hurimoana —Tuesday, Wednesday anu Saturday, at 6 p.m. , Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. fCnoonga—Daily, 3:25 p.m. ■ ■ . Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. , [vohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday ana Saturday, at 6 p.m. 1 ' ■ Lowgarth—’iuosday, ana Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Ma hoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—IThursday 1 Thursday and Saturday, C

p,m. Midhirst —Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m.,

r and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. N'gaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Palmerston N urth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., q. a.rn., and 2.30 p.m. Pchokura —Daily, 6 p.m. ,-i , Puniwhakau— Tuesdays nd B»itu»days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan-Daily, 3.25 p.m., ■ . South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore— Daily, Q p.m. _ Tahora— Tuesday, Thursday, Saturdav, 6 p.m. t-lm I 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.' - m Toko—Daily, 6, p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa —luesuay and Saturday, ih | 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. W arum mi i—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and S p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whan^amomona —Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. S. G. BT£*!TON. Postmaster. - ■

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