POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 82, 14 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. 1 Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland including Cook islands, Id for eacl 4oz or fraction thereof, and id lot each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pag.., Paraguay, Portugal, ana Pom. -'uese Colonics, Siam, Sei'via, anc Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id fot each oz. or fractioi thereof; all other places 2sd for tin first oz. or fraction tnereof, and IJo for each succeeding oz. or fractioi. thereoh Post Cards. —Inland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, lo reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).— All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz oi fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must-bi-left open. Commercial Papers?—Town (for ae counts, etc., only), -Jd for 2ozs, or It for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, aad id for esich succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2id, and id for every ao ditional 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 undoi Boz sent by first available route; ovci 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.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All nther places, Id first 4oz, every au ditional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.— 2d additional for al! places. TELEPHONES.

Charges.— it esenangos continuous ly open—Business establishments, £7 , private residences, £5 per annum Exchanges not continuously open, au 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 in New Zealand, fov each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £5, Is ; £7, Is 6d; £10; 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; ' £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d ; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada, United States. Haw#, ai}d Germany, 2d for eachb£l or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand,.&l -for.every £5 'or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is, ; Australia, ,# of postal ; money ordOTfe, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC "t!ATEB. For 12 words 'or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and 4d for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, • Island ~ld r ; fon ; : • 3ach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated Will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CASLE RATES, r, I Ir-iq lihot.g; '3. Australian States , n 0. djdpcrword Fiji , , ~,f i + : i;ov- 8 „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony :J, -2 7 ~ United Kingdom >. > 3 0 .* (Signature and address counted as cart 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 £6O, 2s 6d; for every ; additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Fosfc Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m, Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m, Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m,, 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawora—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—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana —Tuesday, Wednesday aim Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m, Kohuratabi —Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday; Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. , , Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m, Maiu Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst —Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m,, and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m,. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and fl p.m. Palmerston N ?rth —Daily, 8,10 a.m.. 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Daily, 6 p.m. Puuiwhakau —Tuesdays nd oatu* days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 8 p.m. Tahora— Tuesday, Thursday, Batarrlftv, 6 p.m. Xariki—Daily, 8.10 ».m. f 2.80 p.m , and 6 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wera— Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 1C a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9,80 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., 0.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and 5 p.m. Wellington— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomon a—T u osday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. j g. Q. STANTON. I Postmaster.

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