POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 66, 23 July 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Utters und Letter Card#.— lnland, including C'ook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and $d for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Ohili, Costa Rica. Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam. Servia. 1 and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports. Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2|d for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and Ifrd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—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), italand, |d for every Buz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. CommarcSal Paper# —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oa and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first im. and id for each succeeding 2oz All other places lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Mewspapars.—Town and Inland, id raeh. United Kingdom, Australia,- Canada, Ceylon, India, .Taspaica, Natal Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent hy first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid- at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, 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.— it exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, , an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges' at Auckland, Wellington. Ohristcbhroh. DhnCdin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are onea all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to ©p.m. PARCEL POST, Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceed-

mg—or fraction thereof. One end must no

Money Orders., (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commohwoalth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £©. Is; £7, Is 6d? £10; 2s-;” £3:2, 2s 6d ; Vis; 3k t £l7. ,Ss ( 6,d:,£2t. i*a; maximum, £4O. United Kingcuun, British Uossfssiona,- Canada, Ui ‘-e 1 States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3(1 ibk* eacli £1 or fraction 'thereof. (By Teiegraph)-.— L Within New [Zealand, 3d, for every £5 or fraction or '£s, and a telegraph fee of Is, Australia, at rate v>f postal money orders, plus telegraph charge.

TELEGRAPHIC RATES.

For 12 words or less, including address

and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and |d for each additional word.

Urgent Telegrams, la,' and I’d for ;ach additional word. Teiegrn-Uis tt be repeated will bo charged halfrates in addition to the,above. CABLE-RATEB. 10 . ’ mu,.:} m!T U'.v.rU *3. ° Australian States 0 4 fed-pet word Fiji’-: ‘ , V-"* g I : Norfolk Mind' - 0 8 Hinted Statu*, 3 1 4to 5? ■ « ’ M „ Cape Polony 2 7 , f United Kingdom 8 0 ,« r ■ (Sigfaatute and address opnnted as ’ (part of message.) - • STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge ("for £2 or over), , Id, Agreement (other than Loose), where th« matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not -exceed £SO, 2b 6d: for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tue Fost Office, Stratford, aa under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 ft.m. j Also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and (Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 8.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 o.m. EHham—Daily, 8.10 a m., 6.80 a.m,, 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.SO a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8,10 •,.m„ 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakarna—Daily, 0 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily; 8.10 a.m., fi.B© p.m., and 0 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m, Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Low garth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Satn rday, 3.25 p.m. Mahon—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a m., 6.80 a.m., and 2.30 P .re. , Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.50 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., ) p.m., 2.30 p.m.. and 6 p.m Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.SO a.m. 2.30 p.m., apd 6 p.m. , Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m.,” 2.30 p.m., and 6 jp.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satmdays, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.26 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 0 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.BO p.m., and 0 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 I, and Saturday, 10 a.m. | Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 0.m., 0.30[ a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and 15 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.3 ft p.m. Whangamrtmona—Tuesday ami Saturday, 9.15 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. 1 ». U. A NT*. >n«. Posttr.fJtter

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