POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 97, 1 May 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Lb iter* and Lfittir Cards. — Inland , including Cook Islands, Id for eac.3 ion. or fi action thereof, and jd for id' succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Fw lessions, United States, Chili, Costa Bier, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pag t, Paraguay, Portugal, and Fortu- ,, 38© Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz, ox fraction thereof-; all other place* 2|d 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 plaoea, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papsrr (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All i places, id per 2oa? Magazines (registered), inland, Id for every boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. On© end must bo left open. Commercial Paper* —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 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 under Boz sent by first available route; over 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 places Id each under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for 4 ‘all other places. All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2bz or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges. — 4t exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges a* 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 S x>.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted Th the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Order*. (By Post),— Payable in New Zealand, for, each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji,’ Samoa,, and tong*,. £2. ,6dj £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s: maximum, £4O. , United .Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada, United States, Hawaii, and : Germany* 3d for each £1 : ;r fraction; thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within NoW Zmlkhd. 3d for every £5 or -action hf £5, i>«cLa telegraph foe of is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. "telegraphic rates. For 12 words or including address. - - ' and signature— yn Ordinary 'Telegrams, 6d, and jd for each additional word. Orgeat Telegrams, is, and Id for rack additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates m addition to the above. CABLE RATES. i. d. ■ ’'? ’ - Australian States 0 4*d per word Fiji . ... ... $ 9 n Norfolk Island ... 0 8 „ 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 (otheir than Least 1 )? 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 £6O, or part of £SO. 2s. 3d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close nt tne Fost Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily. 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Carditf—JLiaiiy. 3.20 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., BJO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Haweiflr- -Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8,80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., i. 30 d.m., and 2.30 p.m-. Hmakama—-Daily, 6 p.to. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday anc

Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.81/ p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. j Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. .. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Low garth—.Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Main Trunk— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 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—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m,, and 6 p.nu Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 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. i'almerstou North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0 30 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, ,6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satin days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.3 U a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Cahorar—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. fariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., «r>d 6 p ™ Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Vvero —Daily, b p.m. . Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. I’ututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Waiiarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 <•. T,i '-ml n.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 ■a.m 2.30 p.m and 3 p.m. Vy'elltngtrm—Daily, 8.16 a.m., S.oi) tr nnri 2 30 u.m. Whangamomona —Tuesday, Wednea day, Thursday, and Saturday, ai p.m. 9. 0. WMMTON. I Postmaster

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