POSTAL INFORMATION

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 48, 2 July 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. Chili, 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 2sd for the first oz. or fraction tncreof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.; Poat Card*.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id: all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz- Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. Commercial Papers!—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 othei places IGoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers—Town and Inland, id »ach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaa*, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, un> less specially addressed and paid a.t 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. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof ; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.—4.t esenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £6 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. ...; v Telephone Exchangee 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.t0 6 p.m. PARCEL POST. •Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £5. Is; £7, is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; 015, 3a; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £] or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3.d for every £5 or 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 Jd for each additional word. ( Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ?ach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. 0. a. Australian States 0 4&d per word Fiji ... ... 0 8 M Norfolk Island ... 0 8 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 „ United Kingdom 8 0 (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 if the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent dees not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL WOTJCEI?. Mails close at tlie Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kawera —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 &.m. t 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Ruiakama—Daily, 8 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 3.3 t p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8.25 p.m, Klore—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 2.30 p.mMakahu—Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midbirst —Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dafiy, 8.10 a.m,, 1 n.m.. 2.80 p.m.. and 6 p.m Ngairo—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 5 p.m. Nonnanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.SO a.m.,' 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, *,d. *»} ajvtu.x 1

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