POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 79, 10 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland, ' including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and id fo>-ea-ch succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, Uritish Possessions, United Statee, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay. Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siaui, Servia, and Postal AgoxitiCh in Chinese Treaty Ports, id for each oz. or fraction thereof] all other places 2|d for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and ljd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, tjingle, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oa ' Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must bo left open. Commercial Papers —Town (for ac counts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2id, and id for every aaditional 2oz (Open for inspection.). Newspapers.—Towd asd Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaa', Id each paper. If undej Boz sent Ay 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 eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; nVdr 2oz as for "all other places." All ither places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction iu. « Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. At exenangee 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, Inve*rcargill, Napisr, Hastings, Paltnerston' North, and Wanganui 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 deli Very in New Zealand, not exceeding ■■;£? N.Z. Aua. U.K.

able in New Zealand, for eacn £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £5, Is: £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £l6, 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 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. : and''signature- I ''"'' r • '_' 1 ' Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word. • Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id tor iach additional word. Telegrams tp be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATE 3.

(Signature and address counted as Dart of messaoe.) STAMP DUTIEB. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where th* 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 every additional £SO, or part of £6O. 2s. (3d , MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Post Office, Stratford, as under:— Ifor— . Auckland—Daily. 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daiiy, 6 p.m. filth am—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and & p.m. Sawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Qawko'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 ana Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, B.IU a.m., 5.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. ivaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. , Kiore —Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.m. fvohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and

Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—-Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. \fahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 U

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. \lakahu— Thursday and Saturday, c

p.m. i Midhirst— Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plvmouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., ,1 p m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Vgaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N^rth—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. P 30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura— Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd teatm days, 10 a.m.; and WedneeAr\days, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., o.Bu a.m., and 2.30 p.m. ■■Strathmore— Daily, 9 p.m. Tahora— Tuesday, Thursday, baturHjiv, 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 Wora—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday I and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa— Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8,30 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., 8.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and <i 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. «. Q. STANTON. Postmaster.

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B. a. Australian States 0 4j|d per word Fiji 0 8 Norfolk iRland ... 0 3 >j United States 2 4 to 2 8 Cape Colony 2 7 United Kingdom 3 0