POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 40, 23 June 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. ! Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id> for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Uhili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2jd for the first oi. or fraction tnereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.— lnland, single, id; reply, Id; ali other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books ■ind 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 bo left open, Co mii'< arc led Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id tor first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. ill other places lOoz 2Jd, and Jd for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers —Town and Inland, id Rach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If uadei Boz sent fiy first available route; eves Boz sent by direct steamer only, um less specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each mcceeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz.

Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln>and, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All 'tber places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction jd. Registration. —2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges. — At exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; orivate residences, £5 per annum. Exchangee 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 exceeding—

Money Orders., (By Post), —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6dj £o. Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d I £ls, 3a; £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 of £5, -and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

T£L£ftRAPH 143!1.| RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. 1 ‘

Urgent Telegrams, 1 0 , and Id for iach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CAELE, RATE®. \

’■ •’ :t - •> i ; ; , g g Australian, States 0 43rd per word Fiji ... OB Norfolk Island ... 0 8 United States 2 4to 2 8 Cape Colony 2 7 United Kingdom 8 0 I (Signature and address counted as Dart of message.) STAMP DUTIES.

Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement/ (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is )f the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; ■for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Fost Office, Stratford, sis under:— For—

Auckland-Daily. 8.10 a.m. j also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. ‘ Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. E’tham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m,, 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.SO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. FTuiroa—Uailv, 6 o.m.

Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood-Daily, B.IU a.m., S.3U

p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m, Store—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 2.80 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—Dally, 8.10 a.m., i 0.m.. 2.H0 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, B.io a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Palmerston N irtb—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd featm days, 10 a.m.; and .Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m.

South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. I'ahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 0 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.SO p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 0 p.m Wairarapa—Dailv. 8.10 a.m,, 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., ami 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and 9 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at t} p.m. Q SSTANTViS.

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