POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 98, 2 May 1913, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

a-— — POSTAL SATES, Letters and Latter Cards.—inland including Cook Islands, id for eaen ioz or traction thereof, and jil fo‘ each succeeding 2cz. United Kingdom, British. Bosaessious, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Aiexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Costal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Units, id for each oz, or fraction thereof; all other places for the first 02. or fraction tuereof, and lid for each succeeding ua. or fraction thereof.

Post Card*.—lnland, single, id; reply, id; all other places, smgj'e, Id, reply 2d. Printed Papcra Including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every »oz or fraction thereof. foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must im left open. Commtirctai Papers, —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or id (or first 4oz and id each succeeding ‘2or.. Inland, id tor brat 4oz, aad for each succeeding 2oz. Ail other places 10 02 2)d, and id for every additional 2.12 (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—-Town and Inland, id each, I mted Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea islands, ami Iransvaa l , Id each paper. If undtn Soz sent <Sy first available route; ovei Si>2 sent by direct steamer only, iun less specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for 11 rat loz and id for each succeeding 2oz. Ail other places I a each under 4m and id eacl extra 2oz. I

Pattern and Semple Packets.—ln■iiml, Jd first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All ■tuer places. Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction j|o Registration,-—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. OSim'Saa.— It exchanges continuously open—Business establishments. £7 ; private residences £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, act equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, aad Wanganui are open all day and ail night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

i'lonsj/ Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, | Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. £2. 6d; 65 ! Is; £7, Is 6d; £3O. 2s-: £l2, 2s fid : I £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s fid; £2O, 4s; meti-1 mum, £4O. United Kingdom/ British j On.sessions. Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— i Within New Zealand, 3d for every £sj or fraction of £5, and a telegraph feej of Is. Australia, at rate of postal | money orders, plus telegraph charge. [ TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address j and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, fid, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, la, and Id for mch additional word. Telegrams to ho repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above CABLE riATEB. s. d. Australian States 0 4id par word Fiji .. 0 8 ~ Norfolk Island .. n 3 United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 „ United Kingdom a 0 (Signature and address counted as part of mesaaue.) STAMP 05JTIE8. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over). Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where th« matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. j Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s fid; tor every additional £SO, or part of £6O. 2s. 6d | HASL NOTICES. Mails close at the Tost Office, Stratford, as under:— I For—

Auckland—Daily. 8.10 ».m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.20 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eitharn— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m,, 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. flawera—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., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m, HuiaKuma—Daily, 0 p.m. —Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday ami Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.ta p.m., and 8 p rn Kaponga—Dadv, 3.28 p.m, Klore—-Monday, Wednesday, and Fn day, 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.ra. .vi,<i<i irunk—Daily, 8.10 fc.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Aliikahu- Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.ni, 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.ra., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2 30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Nor man by—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m.,' 2.30 p.ra., and 9 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohukura—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., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m, Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Bafcur-

d»v. 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.ra., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.ra. IV War a—Daily, 6 p.m.

Take Daily. 6 p.m,; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. j utut,awa— Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a m ; Wednesday 0 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 »rn and 230 p.m Waitara —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 0 p.m. Wanganui-—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9-30 a.m 2.30 p.rn and 9 p.m Wellington D;ii)v, 8,10 a.m., 9.30 n.m., and 2 30 ,i.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday, and Saturday, at p.m. <3 a (STANTON rtju t*»r

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