POSTAL INFORMATION

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 91, 21 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION

POSTAL RATES, tatters ami Letter Cards. —lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz dr fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Hied, 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 2id for the brat oz. or fraction tnereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Fast Cards. —Inland, single, id ; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Fapsro (Including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boss or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. ComriiieroSai Papers. — Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for lirst 4oz and id each succeeding lon. Inland, Id for first loz, and id lor each succeeding 20z.. All other places lOoz 2Jd, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Hawspapers,—Town and Inland, id Mioh. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Inula, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transva#l, Id each paper. If uadet Boz sent hy first available route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, utu less specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for fiTat 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. . All other places Id each under 4oz and id each extra Soz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All •>thor places, Id first 4oz, every ad- | ditional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— it oxenangos continuously open— -Business establishments, £7 ; orivete residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously opon, an equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchange* a* 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 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).-—Pay-able 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; £l2, 2s 0d; 015, 3s; £l7, 3a 6d; £2C. 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom; British Possessions, Canada, Ui Aed States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d tor each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Tomograph;.— Within New,Zealand,;3d.for, every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph foe of Is. Australia, at rate of postal ■ money orders, plhs telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— , . i Ordinary Telegrams, od, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams,! !«,- and Id for jach additional word. Telegrams to bo repeated will be . charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE HATES. n. 9. Australian Staten 0 4id per word Fiji ... ... 0 b 9t Norfolk Island ... , 0 8 ~ United States 2 iio 2 0 „ Cape Colony ' " 2 7 „' Ported Kingdom 8 0 u' (Signature and address counted as Dart of meßsaae.) : 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 do«s not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; for every additional £6O, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Feat 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 mm. K’.tham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 ».m,, 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 ft.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Hulakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily. 6 o.ra. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, b.iO st.xn., i.Bu p.m., and t! p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at G p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Maboe—Daily, 8.25 p.m. Vtnin Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makaliu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8,10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Tew Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m,, and 6 p.m. Tgairo—Daily. 8.10 a.m., fl.Bo a.m., 2.30 p m., and G p.m. TorjShanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.50 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. North—Daily, 8.10 ».sn., jt f 1.30 a.m., and 2.8 b p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd Sat*u days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8.25 p.m South Inland—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.BC a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 0 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 p.m., and 0 p.m, Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m,; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wora—Daily, 0 p.m. Toko—Daily, 0 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., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, B.lf a.m., 0.80 s.ro 2.30 p.m and p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 ».m., 0.80 a m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday, 9.15 a.m. and 0 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. «. M. tfTAMTOA. Postmaster

N.Z. Aus. U.K.! 6. d. a. d. b. d. 1 11b 0 3 0 8 1 0 21b 0 4i 1 2 1 0 31b 0 0 1 8 1 c 41b 0 n 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 U 4 2 8 0 9ib 1 3 4 8 3 0 101b 1 H 4 8 3 0 111b 1 6 5 8 ..SO T>