POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 86, 15 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, whili, 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 2sd for the first oz. or fraction tnereofi and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books iud Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or (action thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz 'eft open. CcmmcroJai Papers—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2oz&, or Id or first 4oz and id each succeeding 'oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and Jd or each succeeding 2oz„ All other Places lOoz 2Jd, and Jd for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id »sch. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and fiansvaai, Id each paper, ff undei -toz sent by first available route; ovei "ioz sent by direct steamer only, un» ;peß specially addressed and paid «,t 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 Packets.—ln•and, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; .ver 2ei; as for "all other places." All *thor places, Id first 4oz, every adiitional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— At exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £6 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an •■■qual t'harge of £6. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Chrjetchuroh, Dunedin, faverpargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmorsfcon North, and Wanganui 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—

Money Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £6, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £ll, 2s 6d; £ls, 8s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2C 4a; maximum, £4O. : United Kingdom, British Posaessious, Canada, Ui"*e\ 3tates, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d io»- each SI or fraction thereof. (By Toiegraphj.— Within 'Ne# Zealand, <jd for every £5 or fraction Of £3, and a telegraph f&e of Is. Australia,l ;at> rate A postal ipjrmey orders, plus teiejpraph charge. ... TELEGRAPHIC RATES. for 12 words or less, including addrefls and signature:— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for '>ach additional word. - Urgent Telegrams, Ib, and Id for >ach additional word. Telegrams to >o repeated will be oh*rged half.ateß in addition to the aboVo. > CABLE HATES.

(Signature and address counted as Dart of messaoe.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where tb« matter thereof is if the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Leise or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed j;6O, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d ' MAIL NOTICED Mails cTose at tbe Foal Office, Straiford, 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 D.m. E'tham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Sawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Suiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. iJuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m.

Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. l/iglewood—Daily, fcs.JLU a.m., ■ 8.81 | p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—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. h Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. /L Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., \9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. \% \ Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. N 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 Q p.m. N'gaire—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Vormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m.j 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. t'almerston North—Dailr, 8.10 a.m., A. 30 a.m., and 2.8 U p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Satui days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8.26 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.BC a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore— Daily. 8 o.m.

Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. L'ariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m.,

and 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. !'e Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Fututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Vaitara— uaiiy, £.IU a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Vauganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and $ p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., U. 30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamoinona—Tuesday and Saturday, 9.15 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. Ibi «TANTO«.

or fraction thereof. Ono find mupt bo N.Z. Aua, U.K. a. d. b. d. *. d. lib 0 3 0 8 1 0 21b 0 4J 1 2 1 0 31b 0 6 1 8 1 0 41b 0 7§ 2 2 2 0 51b 0 9 2 8 2 0 61b 0 10* 3 2 2 0 71b • 1 0 3 8 2 0 81b 1 1* 4 2 3 0 yib 1 3 4 8 8 0 101b , 1 4J 4 8 3 0 111b 1 6 5 8 3 0

8. a. Australian EtafceE . 0 , f Vd per wprd Fiji ... ... , 0 & » Norfolk Island ,.. 0 3 >. United States 3 4 to 2 8 Oape Colony 2 7 United Kingdom a 0