POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 94, 25 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Littars and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each ioz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United - States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and osral Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and lid 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 and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, Jd for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. ' Commercial Papers—Town (for accounts, etc., onljp), |d ,for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz ana id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz, All other places IGoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id &ach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylou, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper, (f undei Soz sent by first available route; over Soz sent by direct steamer only, unloss specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sampio Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All "'ther places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— It exchanges 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 axe open all day and all night. The other Exchangee chieflv 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 ho

Money Orders. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is ; £7, le 8d; £lO. 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2C maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, Ui -‘veT /States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d id.- each £1 or fraction thereof.. (By Teiegraph;.— Within Nejv Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of is.ii ■ i Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address ; And signature— ■ 4 Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for jach additional word, Telegrams to tie repeated will be charged halffates ui addition to the above. ' ' ' ' CABLE RATE 6, s. a. ... Australian Btatai i. , 0 4 sd per word Fiji ... ... 0 & „ Norfolk Island ... 0 8 ~ £ ‘ United States <1 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 7/ 3 7 „ United Kingdom ,80 , f (Signature and address counted as part of messajEe.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £3 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, whore the rent does not exceed £6O, 2s 6dj for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. fld , MAIL NOTICE*. Mails close at ttae Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m. j also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—-Daily. 8.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 o.m. EHham—Daily ; 8.10 a.m.* 9.86 a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. rlawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.80 a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Uuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8.25 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. Mahoe—Daily, 3,25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.BC a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Vlidhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. S T ow Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily : 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. (.’almereton North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.3 U p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 0 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays ad Satin-1 days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. (lowan—Daily, 3.26 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora —Tuesday, Wednesday, Satur-i day, 6 p.m. fariki—Daily, 8.10 0.m., 9.30 p.m., | and 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, !) a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. !'e Wera—Daily, 0 p.m. Toko -Daily, fi n.m,; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 0.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Waitara— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui — Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 o.m 2.30 p.m and 6 p.m. Vellington—Daily, 8.10 0.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 6 ip.m, 8. W. STANTON,

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