POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 93, 23 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATEB. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including'Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or traction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, llritish Possessions, United States, Chili. Costa liica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siaua, fiervia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each ca. or fraction thereof; ail other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and Hd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books iod Magazines, not registered).—All places, id i>er 2oz- Magazines (registered), inland, id for every 802 or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. Commercial Papers.—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozb, or Id •or first ioz aud id each succeeding 'oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id nr each succeeding 20z.. All other .daces lOoa 2}d, and id for every adlitiocal 2oz (Open for inspection). Nswspapors Town and Inland, *d •acb. United Kingdom, Australia, Calada, Ceylon, India, .Jamaica, Natal, )rango River, South Sea Islands, aud Transvaal, Id each paper, if undei -oz sent iy first available route; over •<oz sent by dii-ect steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at -ate of Id for first 4oa and Jd for each ■uceeeding 2oz. All other places Id -ach under 4oz and id eaci extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Paokets. —Inand, id inn' i?oz or fraction thereof; .ver 2oz as for "all other places." All sthfer places, Id first 4oz 3 every ad> litionai 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— it exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an qua! charge of £6". Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, .Vellragton, Christehurch, Dunedin, invercargill, Napier, Hastings, PalmNorth, and Wanganui are open ill day and all night. The other Exchanges chieflv from 9 to 5 Z>.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding— ' or fraction thereof. One end must ho

Money Order*. (By Post) able in New, Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £6, Is; £7, Is 3d j £lO, SJb-; £li, 2s 6dj £l3, ,3s;(£l7, «.3:J *6d jj £2C: 4s r mas** mum; £4O. Uftited Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada, .V} States, Hawaii, and Germany; 3<i or fraction thereof. (By Teiegi'&pn;,— Within 'New 3d for >every. &5 or frhctioq pf £6", and,,* telegraph fee, of 14. AustraUa ; at rate uf postal. money 'orders; plus 1 telegraph, charfee. . TELEGRAPHIC RATES. ' Fbr.lii wordjS or jlqss, ipQlndingtaddress ' ■ and Bignatnre— ~. -■<.-, v , 1 Ordinary telegrams, 6d, and yd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, 1«, and Id for ?aeh. additional word. Telegrams to. oe repeated will be charged halfratee in addition to the above.

GABLE RATES. h 0 ■ •-:-' - '•' ■ G- S. -AufttalUn iStateim i 0. i "Fiji'' I , .ii.. ..-,♦»/, h-,-B'd &!',.-; Mttulcq'; United Stater 3 'tf to 28 „ Capei Colony 2 7 „ United. Kingdom, ,* 8. ,0 .." , ,«i i (Signature and address counted *i i '' part of iaessafise.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £8^ or over); Id. Agreement (other -. than Lease), where the matter thereof is af'the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Leace or Agreement fur Lease, where the rent does not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; for every additional £6O, or part of £SO. 2b. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne "Fost Office, Stratford, »s under:— For— > Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m. j aleo, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. ■ Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Doughs—Daily, 6 o.m. lfi'tham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9M «.:n , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawora—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.aa 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Hawke'a Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, .6 p.m* Huiroa-Dailv 6 o.m Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. lngibv»ouU— i>"aJ;,v, o.xu a.m., »•*& p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8.25 p.m. Kiore— Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,- 6 p.m. Kohuratehi—Tuesday, Wednesday and

Saturday, at 6 p.m. i Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thuriday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. \lain Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 o.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 8 p.m. Ngaire—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 8.80 ».m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Sormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Palmorßton North—Dah>, 8.10 a.m., H. 30 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau— Tuesdays nd Batmdays, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. -H.rathmore—Daily, fl p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 8 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.18 ».m., »80 p.m., and 8 p.m. Taurakawa— Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. fokn—Daily. t> n.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa— Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday G p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 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., 8.80 a.m 'A. 3O p.m anrf 15 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whnngamomona —Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. and G p.m.,. Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. ft. tt, tWA.&TXH*.

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