POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 90, 20 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Utters ORd Latter Garda.—lnland, uciuding Cook Islands, Id for each toz or fraction thereof, and id for ■ ach succeeding 2oz. Uuited Kingdom, British Possession?, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Ser.via, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2fcd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Card*,—- Inland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papsra (facluding Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz ■ Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. CemmsfolaS 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 lUoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id inch. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz sent first available route; over Boz stmt by direct steamer only, uik less specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oa and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. oattsrn and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2cz as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Chargas.— At excnafiges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchangee not continuously open, an >;que.) charge of £6. Telephone Exchange* at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch', Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston Nortlq 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— or fraction thereof. One end must he

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, foi each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d.' Commonwealth, Fiji. Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6(3; £lO, 28; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d: £2C 4«;'maximum, £4O. United-Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, Ui no! States, Hawaii, and Germany, ißd tcv eaphi SI or fraction thereof. (By Teiegraph;.— , Within New Zealand, 3d Tor . every £5 or fraction of £5, *and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia,. _at, ,rpte of postal uionvy orders, ‘pins telegraph chargfi. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 word's or less,’ including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Ib, and Id for >ach additional word. Telegrams to he repeated will be charged Iralf'■atos in addition to the above. ' CABLE ,RAT£Sv ; .pi , '' ' M b, S. Auetraliaa States 0 4*d per word Fiji ... ... 0 b ,*» Norfolk Island ... |l ! 0 8 United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony , .! 2( 7 „ United Kingdom 8 0 (Signature and address counted as Dari of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 oi over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof ie of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent docs not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2b. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under P or— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff —Daily. 8.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 n.m. F’tham —Daily, 8.10 a.m., fhl»& a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Sawera —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and fl p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Buiakama—;D»ily, 6 p.m. cluiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana —Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, b.iU a.m., S.Sli p.m., and K p.ia. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m, Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, apd Friday. 6 p.m. Kohuratahi —'Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Vlahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Mam Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.5( a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu —Tuesday,, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.50 p.m., and G p.m. sow Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Vgaffe—Daily : 8.10 a.m., 9.90 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 5 p.m. N’ormanby—Daily, 8.10 *.m., 9.80 n.m., 2.8 U p.m., end 0 p.m 'almerston North—Dailr, 8.10 a.m., 9.39 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. ( Puniwhskau —Tuesday* i nd Satoi days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8.25 p.m iuuth Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.3 C a.m., and 2.30 p.m. •trathniore —Daily, 6 p.mI'ahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. fariki— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 0 p.m. Paurakawa— and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. !'e Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. I’oko—Daily, 6 p.m. ; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. I’ututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.in.; Wednesday 6 p.m. (Vairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a m.,' and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 0 p.m. '’anganui—Daily, 3.10 a.m.* 9.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and 0 p.m. 'ellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.rn., and 2.30 i».m. .Vhangamomona —Tuesday and Saturday, 9.15 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. *. 6*. AMTOr*. 'Wiajutwr

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