POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 78, 6 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters snd Letter Cards Inland, 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, , Nicaragu*, 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 2|d for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Past Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, Bingle, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz- Magazines (registered), inland, Jd. for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id pet 2oz left open. • Cojnmarolal 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 other places lOoz 2Jd, and Jd for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Nswspapers—Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper, (f undei Boz sent by 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 20%. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland/ id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for "all other places." All ■tl.ier t places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. j

Registration.— 2d additional for, all places.* * '"" TELEPHONES. Charges— At exenanges continaoußiy open—Business establishments, £7 j private residences', £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an, equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanger at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, t Dunedinj fnvercargill, Napier, Hastings, ere ton North, and: Wanganui are open, all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 3 p.m. : PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceedine— or fraction thereof. One end must. h#

•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; £l-,'2s 6dj <.4115, rßs ; £l7, 3S 6d ; £2C'' ±4 j tiujjxii" rnum„- £4.0; •» United; Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, ,13 I'>e '. 3tatei, Hawaii, and Gernlany/3d io«-.each £1 or fractidn ■theredr. (By Teiegr&pn;.— j Within New Zealand, 3d' for ©vt?ry £5 or fraction, of £5, and a' telegraph fee 'of Is, Australia, at j rate »i' postal rnoriey orders', plus* telegraph charge. .-i : 'TEkEGKAPMfiG RATE/8. '<:'■'■}■

For 12 words or less, including address

and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. ~/''..' Urgent Telegrams,'la, and Id for jaoh additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfmt»a in addition to the above. : 3 *ioo-K!.o 'eABLE"'RATEB;'r *** Du a .''"» ' u - i '- u ' "'' tn i«. 3-, '.-...„.,» Australian- State*' noil 0 per word Norfolk .Inland „« 0 8 ,; * Liiited States 2 4,t0 2 8 „ Cape Colony •-' j 2 7 #f United Kingdom . JJ "0 , „ .', (Signature and. address counted as Bart of messaj&e.) ■ *-•*':' STAMP 'DUTIES. <'j*sH. ; 3 Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, la. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed jtiSO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Tost Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; alno, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 n.m. . sv'tham—Daily, 8.10 a.m.,, 9.80 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 0 p.m. Flawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Flawke'B Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa---Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. f.'ijiiewobd—Daily, 8.10 «un.» B.Bft p.m., and t! p.m. Eaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kioto—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kchuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarta—Tuesday, Thunday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3 r 25 p.m." Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.Sfr 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. Now Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 ».m., 1 D.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. N cat-re —Daily. 8.10 a.m., H.BO ».m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Norman by—Daily, 8.10 A.m., 8.80

r.oi., 2.80 p.m., and fl p.m Palmerston N arth—Daily, 8.10 ».m., f 1.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura-—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd featuidays, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. c trathmore—Daily r fl p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturrfuv, 6 p.m. Turiki—Dauy, 8.10 ».m., 9.80 p.m., iirid 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wera—Daily, fl 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 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara- itany, £.lO a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganfii—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m 2.30 p.m and $ p.m. Wellington—DailyJ 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday, 9.15 a.m. and (5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday G p.ui. .'».k s*». *»t AiviiijM.'

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