POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 79, 7 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each loz or fraction thereof, and id for ~ach succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, tiritish Possessions, United States, whili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi•o, 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 irst oz. or fraction tnereof, and ljd ; or each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Csrdl.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places," single, Id; •eply 2d. Printed Papers (deluding Books u)d Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (regis«red), inland, id for every Boz or 'ruction thereof. Foreign t id per 2oz eft open. Commercial Pspere—lWn (for accounts, etc., only), £d for 2ozs, or Id f or first 4oz and id each succeeding .'oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id <:or each succeeding 2oz„ All other olaces lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town aid Inland, id •ach*. United Kingdom, Australia; Liada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, hauge River, South Soa Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei loz sent <i)y first available route; ovei -<oz sent by direct steamer only, uuess specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. Ail other places Id •ach under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnand, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; ver 2oz as for "all other places." All ther places, Id first 4oz, every adiitionai 2oz or fraction id. Registration —2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.—- It exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £6 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an •'.{ual charge of £5. Telephone Exchange* at Auckland, Wellington/ Christchurch, Dunedin, jnvercargill, Napier, Eastings, Palm*rston'North, and Wanganui are open ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 6 p.m. PARCEL POST, Parcels posted in the Dominion' for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

jr fraction thflrfvof. One end must he

money Order*. (Ey Fost).—Payable in New Zealand, fo; .each £5 or fractiou of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa; and Tonga, £% 6'd; £5, isj £7, Is 6d; £lO. i Zb;£U, 2s Oi; 815, 3a; £l7, 35.6 d; £2C 4s; maximum, £4O. UnitedEinghunii British Possessions, Canada,; States. ■ Hawaii,' ,3d W each £1 >r .fraction thereof. (By 1 Te-egr&ph).— Within New'Zealand, 3d'rdrevery £5 'or fraction of £6, and a telegraph ttf, '•ff li. Australia, (at rate ji pqsfcai .dioney orders, pluß telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATfeff. ' 'for 12 words or less, including address

and signatureOrdinary Telegrams, 6d, and |d for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for )ach additional word. Telegrams to )o repeated will be charged half* rates in addition to tho above. CABLE RATES. Aastrjtfiaii States 0 4\<l per word Fiji ,;ii "' .:■;■ '* '^'"' : o"'fr -• „ ■-'■" Norfolk-Island .;. 0 9 *ity»<S J Cnited States 2.4 to 2 8 , : arfl ; fl . Cape Colony 2. 7 ■- , l T nited Kingdom 9 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 does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; tor every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails dose at the 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 n.m. E'tham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 ».m M 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 ft.ua. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—;Daily, 6 p.m. Ruiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, b.IU a.m., B.IL p.m., and t* p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.26. p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuosday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m'. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Mam Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.S( 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—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Xgairo—Daily : 8.10 a.m., tf.Bo a.m. 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Normanby—Daily; 8.10 a.m., fl.Bl) a.m., 2.30 p.m., and f? p.m Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., fi.3o a.m., and 2.3 U p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd Satu* dayß, 10 a.m. j and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liowan —Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.BL a.m., and 2.30 p.m. —Daily, 0 O.m,

Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 *.m., 8.80 p.m., and o" 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 a.m., 9.30 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., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and 3 p.m. Yellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 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. *J. <*. IiTANTOrt. Vostmnstar

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