POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 89, 19 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —lnland, ncluding Cook islands. Id for each )oz or fraction thereof, and $d for •ach succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, dritiah Possessions, United States, Jhili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexio, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago 'ago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colauies, Siam, Servia, and ’ostal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction hereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and Ijd ror each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post 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 2oz • Magazines (regislered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. Commercial Paper*.— Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id tor first 4oz and jd each succeeding loz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id lor each succeeding 2oz. All other places IGoz 2£d, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id sach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and iTansvaal, Id each. paper. If undei Boz sent by first available route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, um less specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oa and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets,—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All ->thor places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction Id. Registration. —2d additional for all ulaces. ■< TELEPHONES. Charge*.— It exenanges 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 jp.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

nig—or fraction thereof. One end must b©

Money Orders, (ny Post). —Payable in New Zealand, foi each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £ll, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s;, £l7. 3s 6d; £2C. 4a; maximum, £4O. United British Possessions, Canada, Ui ‘vel States, Hawaii, and Germany, iW each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph;.— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telugraph fee of, la. Australia,, at rate ,/f postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. 'TELEGRAPHIC’ RATE 6. For 12 words or less, including address i i and signaturiO-r-, >• . i : Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and fd for each additional' wbid. ' , Urgent Telegrams, lag and Id for >ach additional vtord. u Telegrams 'to be repeated will be charged halfrates m addition to the above. CABLE RATES., "■’ •••"•’’a. a, '' ' Australian State* 0 4\i per word Fiji 0 b „ Norfolk Island ... 0 8 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 "' v , United Kingdom 8 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as part of messaae.) , , STAMP DUTIES. 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 6dj for ptmrv additional £6O, or part of £SO. 2s. «kL MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Tost Office, Stratford, as under;— For— Auckland —Daily. 8.10 m.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Gaily. 3.20 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 n.m. E’tham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.rn. Hawera—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., 8.3 C a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 8 p.m. Hurimoana —Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 9.SC p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday am; Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, ant Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.3 f 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., ) p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m.. 2.30 pm.,’ and C n.m. Normanby—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m Palmerston N arth—Dail~, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pchokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays nd Satm days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.26 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 x.m., 0.8( a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily. 0 o.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 1C a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 0 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and tl p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 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. #k M. UTaNTGN. '‘'wrtti.iugw

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