POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 76, 4 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Lottors end Letter Cards—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each loz 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 2id for the first oz. or fraction tuereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Poet 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 2 oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Bez 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 ioz. Inland, Id for. first 4oz. and id ror each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2jd, and id for. every additional 2oz (Open for inspection}. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id Nich. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Soz sent dy first available route; over 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 ach under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample PuckctS.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; wer 2oz as for “all other places.” All 'ther places. Id first 4oz, every adJitional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— It e£cnamges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges 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 B.m. PARCEL POST. Parceln posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding— ; . or fraction thereof. One end must be

Money Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or traction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, is; £7, Is 6d; £10 : Us; £lu,‘ 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 8a 6d; £2C 4s; maximum,- £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, Uii><e\ States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d vo. each £1 or fraction thereof, (By Te,egraph;.— Within New Zealand, 3d for'every £5 or fraction, of £6, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELECRAPHBC RATES. For Pi words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and |d 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. s. a. Australian States 0 4 per word Fiji" I*. ... 0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... OS „ United States 3 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony ' 2 7 ~ United Kingdom B 0 ,» (Signature and address counted as i part of messa&e.) ' STAMP OUTSEB. 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 £SO, 2s 6d; tor every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Post Office, Stratford, as under;— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; *!•«. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. K'tham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.&0 a.m;, 2.30 p.m,, and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, 6 p.m. liuiroa—Daily, 8 p.m. Hurimoaua—Tuesday, Wednesday ana Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, b.iU a.m., p.m., and 0 p.m. Kaporiga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi —Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thureday, and Saturday, 3.26 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m, Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Ngaire—Daily : B.iO a.m., 9.80 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 3 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 A.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Funiwhakau—Tuesday t nd Satin days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.26 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.BC a.m,, and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 8 D.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Dauy, 8.10 a.m,, 8,30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. !’e Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. I’oko—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., aud 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 0.30 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. Wbanganionuma—Tuesday and Saturday, 9.15 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. 9k G. iriANTtiN. 'Aoatiiuutftf

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