POSTAL IMFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 41, 24 June 1913, Page 8

POSTAL IMFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. , Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook islands. Id for each ioz or fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa R.ca, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua. Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia. and Postal Agencies m Chinese Ireatv Ports, Id' for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2\d for the first ok. or fraction buereof, and Ud for each succeeding ox. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id ; reply, Id; all other places, single. Id reply 2d. Printed Papers ('.minding Books and Magazines, not -egistered).—Ail places, -Id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for evecy Boz <•' fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2o? or fraction thereof. One end must he left open. Ccrninwolal Payors — town (for counts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or lc for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first to/., and id for each succeeding 2oz All other places 30oz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open fur mspeetiorO Wewspapers,—Town and Inland, Jd j nach. United Kingdom, Australia. Ca-1 nada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, j Orange River, South Sea Islands, and . Tra'nsvaa 1 , Id each p;;per. If undei j Knz sent oy first available route; ovei j Bnz sent by direct steamer only, urn j less 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 eao! extra 2nz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—Tniaiid, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places." All other places. Id first 4cz, every additional 2oz or fraction fro Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.- it exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; | private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. 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 tbo Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed- j in 2~ .. _ . '• „ „ I

il ID 1 U u o u u Money Cellars. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, fm each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d ; £5, Is; £7, Is fid; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7. 3s fid : £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 of fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is Australia,, at rate of -postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES.

For 12 words or less, including address and signature— » Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word.

Urgent Telegrams. Is, and Id for !»aoh additional word. Telegram? to be repeated will ho charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE BATES. b. a. Australian State* 0 4Jd per word Fiji 0 8 Norfolk Island ... 0 8 United State* 2 4to 2 8 Cape Colony 2 7 United Kingdom 3 0 (Signature and address counted as nart of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where th« matter thereof is -if the value of £2O upwards, la. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under : For— Auckland—Oail* S.lO ».id ; alwi Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiif—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m.

E'tham—Daily. 8.10 a.m., UM a.m. 2.30 p.m., and o p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p m Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 **.sa., B 8" a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m Huiroa—Daily, ti p.m.

Hurimoana— Tuesday, Wednesday ami Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, H.lu a.m., $.»» p.m., and 6 p.in Kapouga—Dadv, 3.26 p.m Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday ami 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., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, fl

p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dafiy. 810 a.m., 1 0.m.. 230 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N srth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., o 30 a.m.. and 2 30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. , uiitwuaiian l'ueauaya nd ftatutdays, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., M.fiO a.m., and 2.30 p.m Strathmore—Daily, 8 p.m.

Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday,' flalur

dav, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 *,.!»., 5.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te> VVera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, o p.iu.; also, Tnesdaj and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa— and Saturday 10

a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. B.»

a.m., ana 2.30 pro. 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 *5 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80

a.m., and 2.30 o.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at <J p.m.

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