POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 86, 18 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Letter Card*. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each Voz or 1 ruction thereof, and id tor ,'ach succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, Uriush i J (issessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 ago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and 1 ortugueae Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Portg, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and ijd for each succeeding oz. or fraction Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d, _ . Printed Paper* (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ah places, id per 2oz- Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per ioz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Paper* —fown (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oa and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. AD other places lOoz 2id, and id for every aaditional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspaper*. —Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom. Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Na.al, Orange River, South Soa Islands, and Transvaa 1 , Id each paper. If undei Boz sent by first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, urn less 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 Jd eacl extra /oz. Pattern and Sample PacSiets. Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places. All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional, tor all places.

TELEPHONES. Charge*.— At esenanges continuously open —Business establishments, £/ ; 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 nigh*. 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. (By rest). —Payable in New Zealand, fox each £5 or fraction of,£s, 3d. Qommouweahh, Fiii. Samoa, and Tonga, £2. ott; £O, limii. fed, £io, 4iA 2" «.i £ls, 38! £l7. 3s 6d; £2O 4B; maxiraum!, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessidns. Canada, United States, Hawaii, land Germany, 3d;tor, each.£l or fraction thereof, (By (Telegraph) iWithin New Zealand,.3d, ior ( every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph foe of Is. ;Australia, at ’ rate of phstar 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 3ach additional word, Telegrams to be repeated will be Charged halfrates in kdditiCn to.the above, ■. i -i ..'■■j FiCABLE RATES. ■. I.T i, S-i,. rf u ,0.7 Australian States ~j 0 did per word ‘Fiji j ... ... 0 8 Norfolk Island ... 0 8 »,» United, States 2- 4to .2 8 ,•*■<••• ,» • 1 Cape Colony 27, : .. t „ ! United Kingdom, M •• - (Signature and address counted as aart of message:) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 ° r over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, Ib. Lease dr Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, • 2b; W| for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d

MAIL NOTICES. . Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under::—

For— , Auckland— Daily, 8.10 ft.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., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6, p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m.,, 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10, a,ni.» 9*pQ a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama— Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana —Tuesday, Wednesday ano Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 ®*Bo p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. . Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday am Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Nn+.urflsvv H. 25 D.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, 6 p.m. 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. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.BO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Palmerston NDrtliT-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —Daily, 6 p.m. Funiwhakau— Tuesdays nd Batmdays, 10 .a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan —Daily, 3.25 p.m* South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., o.Bd a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora— Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 6 p.m. Tariki —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. , Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 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, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and 9 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 9 p.m. i. Q. STANTON. Puotmaater.

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