POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 93, 26 April 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Lattsrs and Letter Garde.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each loz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oa. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Bervia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each ok. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. f’fihied 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, Cosrifrisroial Papers.—Town (for accounts) etc.) only)) id for 2ozß, or Id for firit 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2Jd, and id for every additional 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 undei Boz sent riy 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 each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All -ithor places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.- 4.t exenanges 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, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston 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 delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Monsy Orders. (By post).—Payable in, New Zealand, fov each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, arid Tonga, £2. 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s'; £l2; 2s 6d: £ls, 3s ; £l7, Sis’6d ;. £20,! 4s; maximum, £4p. United Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).-*- ! With jn New Zealand, 3d for every ,£5 • or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee ; of Is. Australia, !at rate of. postal 'm'dney orders.' plus telegraph' ch’afge. 1 1 Telegraphic, RATEiI V:n ; For 12 words or less',’ including riddress and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for ,Gfch additional word. Urgent iach additional word. Telegrams to bo repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES.' ■ ■ .• I. 3. -r'Hij Australian States , Q 4frd per word Fiji ... 0 K m Norfolk Island ... 0 3 „ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 . j United Kingdom ... 8 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 docs not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d

MAIIr NOTICES. Mails close at ttie Foet 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., 8.10 a.m,, 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m.,, 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.SO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—-Daily, 6 p.m, Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8,10 a.m., S.BO p.m., and G p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. jKiore—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.* 0.30 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 G p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.rm, 2.80 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 G p.m. Palmerston N^rth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.30 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Pohokura—Daily; 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd Saturdays, 10 a.m. ; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, fl p.m, Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.50 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, G 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., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and G p.m. Wanganui—Daily, M 0 a.m., 9.50 a.m 2.80 p.m and 15 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.SO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—-Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, a?jd Saturday, at 3 p.m. % G. STANTON. S'vsismta. r

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