POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 77, 5 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES

! Letters end Letter Cards—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oss or fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Riea, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragu*, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Porta, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id ; reply, Id; all other places, siogie, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz ■ Magazines (registered), inland, Jd for even' Sk/Z or fraction thereof. ForeigD, Jd per 2oz left open. Commercial Papers.—- Town (for accounts, etc., only), Jd for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and Jd each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2Jd, and Jd for. every additional 2oiC (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town atd Inland, Jd »ach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent by first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at r.ite of Id for first 4oz and jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and- Jd eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Paokets.—lnland, Jd first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for "all other places." All ''ther places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction Jd. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— 4t exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an ••qual charge of £6. \ , Telephone Exchanges at Auckland; Wellington, Chrißtchurch, Ddnodin, Invcrcargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmers ton North, and Wanganw 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— or fraction thereof. One end must be

Money Orders. (By Post).-—Pay-able in New .Zealand, foi each ,£5 or fraction of [ £5, '3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa,' and'Tonga; £2, b"d; £5. Is; &% Is 6d:; £lO. 2bVlh« 2s 6d, £is, 3s j, £l7, 3,8 Mi £2C, 4s ; maxi* mum, £4O. United Kingroin, British Possessions. 'Canada, 'TJi'Ve'V 3tates< Hawaii, and Germany, 3d lb*' eack £1 or fraciion thereof, (%>Teiegrapn'/>~ ; Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 «3i- /fraction of £5, and a telegraph .ft* f <>t',,l,B.. , Australia; Iwb 'rate' W po'stal money lordersy-plustelejjraph charge". V- " TELEGRAPHIC RATEB. and signature—.,oroinary Telegrams, 6d,- and \d for ■ach additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for •ach additional word. Telegrams to )<s repeated will be . charged half■;&tes!,}£ addition to the above. ' ■: .1 > CABtE RATES. 8'"" * *' 1 ■ ■ b. a. ■-'■. iuetralian States i Q *.4frd per word >&w ..<:' •■::• k... o & , „" Norfolk Island ... ' 0 3" n „ ' (Jnited States! 2 ito 2'B ■:'• „ Cape Colony . ,-. ~,r , 2. .7 ■.--■/■,* . i:>< •flifltefl-f Kingdom 8 0 .., ,„ ~ 1 (Signature and address counted as I part of messase.) STAMP DUTIES. Rooeipfc or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is if the yalue of £2O or upwards,' Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; tor every additional £SO, or part of £6O. 2s. 6d MAIE. NOTICES. Mails cTose at trie Foet Office, Stratford, as under:— Far— Vnokland—Daily. 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardi±t—-Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 cm. HJ'tuam—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Mawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Hawke'B Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m* timroa—Daily, 6 p.m. riurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. iuglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 p.m., and U p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Iviore— 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. Ham Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midbirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Sow Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. \gaire— Daily. 8.10 a.m., I*.SO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Sorrnanby—Daily, 8.10 A.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and (8 p.m. Palmorston Narth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., fl.Bo a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd 6atu»days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and ,2.30 p.m. --Daily, 8 o.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. - '■. ■ ' '•• '•■ Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 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 and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa— Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 u.m., 8.30 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., 8.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and 8 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1.38 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday, 9.15 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday- 6 p.m. " 9*. 6*. 6TANTON, *\wtonaater«

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