POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 81, 12 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

—fl}— ■ mr— POSTAL RATES. Letters and Latter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each ioz or fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding '2cz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa lie a, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, NicafiigUA, Algeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay. Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, tham, Bervia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese treaty Ports, id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2*d for the first oz. or fraction tuereof, and Iju for each succeeding oz. or fraction thofGOi Post Cards.—lnland, single, id: reply, Id: all other places, single, la; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or l<i for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz„ All other places iOoz 2Jd, and id for every aaditional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, anc. Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent by first available route; ovoi Boz sent by direct steamer only, un ' less specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other lu each under 4nz and id eaci extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “ail other places. All ether places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or traction id. Registration.—2d additional for ail places. TELEPHONES. Charge*.—At exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private 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 J>.m. PARCEL POST. ' Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders.' (uy Post). —Payable, i fx New Zealand, fov each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and , Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, la;'£7; U 6d; £10; 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7. 8s 6d; £2O; 4s;-maxi-mum,! £4O, United; Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada,, Uni^ed ( Spates, tlhwaii, and Germany, 3d tor each £1 oi* fraction 1 thereof. 1 (By Telegraph) Within New Zealand, Sd fori every £5 or fraction of £5, and • a telegraph foe of Is. 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, .lei; afttd I<J- f° r ?acli additional word. to be repeated will be chargecT hultrates in addition to the above. GABLE' RATES’. i>K,v '' i:B. ■ :.‘.n Australian States 0 4|d per word Fiji ... ... 0 8 », Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~, United States 2 4to 2 8 ~ Cape Colony 2 7 United Kingdom 3 0 •<,» (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 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 £SO, 2s. 6d * MAIL NOTICES. Mails cfose at the Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— . Auckland—Daily, 8.10 'a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.ra. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m.

Douglas—Daily, 6 p.ra. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 ; a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—dOaiiy, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Huriraoana —Tuesday, Wednesday ana Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 3.8 U p.m., and 6 p.m. fvaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. . Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.ra. 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, C p.KJ. Midhirst —Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. _ New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., . p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.ra., and 0 p.m. Palmerston Nirth—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura— Daily. 6 p.m. Puuiwhakau— Tuesdays nd Batm days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.2-5 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., o.Bu a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore— Daily, 0 p.m. Q . „ I ahora —Tuesday, i hursday, Saturday, 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, 0 p.m. Toko— Daily, 6 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., 9.3 J a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, $.lO a.m., 12.25 p.ra., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.ra and $ p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangarnomona —Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 0 p.m. 8. Q. STANTON. Postmaster.

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