POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1, 6 May 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL. rates. LotiSrn ar.cS r.alter —lnland, including Cook Islands. Id for each 4oii or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom] British Possessions, United States, Chili, Cos fa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria. Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Ser.via, and pogtal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each ox or fraction thereof; all other places 2i<l for the urR oz. or fraction tarn oof, and IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction luertof.

Post —lnland, single, id ; reply, id; all ether places, single. Id; rep.y 2d. Printed Papers including Books and Magazines, not registered).—AH places, jd per 2oz • Magazines (registered). inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or thereof. Une end most n«. li ft open. CoeTiP'iurclai Papers.—l’owu (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 2id, and id for every aoditional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id tach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If unde: Soz sent by first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first -loz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets, —Inland. id first 2oz or fraction thereof over, 2oz as for “all other places.” Ail' nther places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. (

TELEPHONES.

Charges.- At exchanges continuous ly open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal (.-Large of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hasiinga, Palm erston North, and Wanganui are open all day and ail night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 -to 5 p.m. PARCEL PC3T. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £6 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga,. £2, 6d; £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 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d for' every £5 or fraction o- £5, and, a telegraph fee of -Is. A stralia, at rr-.e of postal money orders, plurutelegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATED.

For 12 words or loss, including address and signature—Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, ana Jd for each additional word. • Urgent Tod-grams, la, and Id for lach additional word, Telegrams to be repeated will - fie charged; halfrates m addition to fare above.

CABLE RATES- ; /1. !•*' -oi;i 0 . a. ■ Australian States 0 4* d per word Fiji ... ... 0 8 , „ No - folk Island ... 0 3 ~ ! United States 2 4to 2 8 ~ Cape Colony '27 United Kingdom 8 0

(Signature tnd address counted as part of messaae.) 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 does not exceed £6O, 2:3 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICE*. Mails cTic-.d at the Font Office, Btratford, as under:— For— Auckland -Dady, 8.10 a.m., rlhj, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m.

Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 u.m_ 9,80 a.m,, 2.30 pun., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 3.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. fcf&wke’s Bay-—Daily, 8.1.0 a.m., 9.30 a.m , and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Doily, 6 p.m, Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoaua—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8. 80 p.m., and 6 p.m, Kaponga—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.ir, Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarlii—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 3.10 ».in., P 80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makulm—Thursday and Saturday, 8

p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Bally, 8.10 a.m., 1

p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 3 p.m. Vgaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. t 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and fl p.m. Palmerston Nirth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satm days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.26 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, ;0 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Batiuday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.rn. Te Wera—Daily, ti p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 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., 9.80 a.m , and 2.30 p m. Waitara —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.rn., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and 9 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 030 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whaagarcomona—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, ami Saturday, at Q p.m. ».-STANTON'. Pcatmaster

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