POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 88, 21 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. — Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or traction thereof, and id lor ,-ach succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, liritish Possessions, United Slates, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, ieru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and I ortugues© Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tuereof, and 140 for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. . Pc«t Cards Inland, single, id ; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. , Printed Papers (including Booksj and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz• Magazines (registered), inland, id for every fraction thereof. Foreign, id per zoz or fraction thereof. One end must bo left open. Commercial Papers—Town (.for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, id for first 4oz, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All othei , places lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, 40 each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaa l , Id each paper. If undei Boz sent, by first available route; ovei , Soz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid al rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All ether places lo each under 4oz and id eacl extra *oz. Pattern and Sample Puckets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereon; ever 2oz as for “all other places. AJj '-ther places, Id first 4oz, every ad ditional 2oz or traction id. | ‘Registration 2d additional for air places.

TELEPHONF.S. Chargea.— At esenanges continuous ly 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, 1 aim erston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiedy from 9 to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST.Parcels posted in the Dominion for de livery in New Zealand; not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post).— Pay-j able in New Zealand, for each £6 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, .Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £Ol Is ; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2sr£l2, Js. 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7. 3s 6<k £2O, 4s ; mapmum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d, dor each- £] or fraction thereof. (By .Telegraph)--:* 1 Within New Zealand, ,§d for eyery £f or fraction of £6, and a telegraph ; f<k of i Is. Australia, at rate of 1 postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

TELEGRAPHIC RATES.

For 12 words or less, including address and signature—- j Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word. - ■ Urgent Telegrams, la, and Id for mch additional word. Telegrams tt be repeated will be chargecf halfrates in. addition to the above. A CABLE RATES. . ’ .M.- f ». a. mm- jub Australian States 0 4sd per wore Fiji ... f ... 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 Bart of messaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 01 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 ©very additional £SO, or part oi £SO. 2s. 6d fV MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under:—

For— , Auckland —Daily, 8.10 ft.m.; wso Tuesdays, Thursdays, and baturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 ».m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—-Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tqesday, Wednesday anu Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 n&.m., 8.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. . K iore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. 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., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, c p.m. Midhirst-Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., J 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 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80, a.m., 2.30 p.m,, and 6 p.m. Palmerston N^rth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.-, and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily. 6 p.m. Puniwhakau— Tuesdays nd batui days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. r?, • Rowan —Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.3 C a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, 8 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Baturdav, 6 p.m. Tariki— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 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, 0 p.m.; also, lueodaj and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, ll a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.ol 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., 9.30 a.n 2.30 p.m and $ p.m. Wellington—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 0.3( a.m., and 2.30 p.m. * Whangamomona—Tuesday, Wednes Aiv. Thursday, and Saturday, a <} p.m. ; 0. G. STANTON. Postmaster.

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