POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 97, 28 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Garda.—lnland, including Cook Islands. Id for each 4oz 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 Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz, or fraction thereof; all other places 2sd for the first oz. or fraction tnoreof, and IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, |d; reply.* Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ail places, id per 2oz ■ Magazines (registered), inland, £d for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, {d per 2oz left open. Commercial Papam.— Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and $d each succeeding ?oz. Inland, Id for first 4-oz. and £d for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2£d, and id for every aciditional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town sad Inland, Jd »ach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent hy first available route; over 3oz sent by direct steamer only, unless 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 Sample Packets,—ln■nnd, iii first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places.” Ail other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—3d additional for all places. ■ 1 TELEPHONES. Charges.— At esenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. 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 p.m, PARCEL POST, i’arcela posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding— ir fraction thereof. One end must be

Money Orders. (jßy Post).—Payable in New Zealand, fov each £6 or fraction of £5, 3d.' Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £o, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO. 2s; £ll, 2s £ls, 3s; £l7. 3s 6d; £2C 43; maximum, £40.1 United Kingcwm, British Possessions) Canada, ;Ui t ’to 1 States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d ior each £1 ■toy fraction, thereof. (By TV. e graph;.— j Wjt'hijn Now Zealand, §d 1 fojr'; evAry £5 ; oid fcilctioni .of £5, 'ah.d sa. telegraph ffee lof Is. Australia, at rate of postal 'money orders, plus telegraph charge. ’ TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 15i words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for inch additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. 8. ii. ■ Australian Stetag 8 4id per word Fiji 0 & „ Norfolk Island ... 0 8 ~ r Tnited States 3 4to 2 0 „ Cape Colony 2 7 United Kingdom 8 0 If (Signature and address counted as cart of messaae.) BTA&IP' 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 6d; tor every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For—~ad—Daily. 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m, Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 n.m, EHham—Daily 8.10 a m., 8.80 a.m , 2.30 p.m,, and 6 p.m. Hawera — Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 6.50 a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 n.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m, Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. tlurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and

Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, B.iU e.ra., S.Bu p.m., and C p.rn. Naponga—Daily, 8.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Tharaday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., C.Bf a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makalm—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.50 p.m,, and (i p.m. New Plymouth—Dafly, 8.10 a.m., I p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Nguire — Daily. 8.10 a.m,, 6.80 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ncrraanby—Daily, B.io a.m., 0.80 a.m,, 2.30 p.m., and (3 p.m Palmerston Nirt.h—Daily, 8,10 a.m.. 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily. 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays no 6atu*days, 10 a.m. j and Wedneadaya, 6 p.m. •lowan—Daily, 8.26 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, C p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 3.80 p.m., and ti p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9'a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Co Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko--Daily. 0 n.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wuirarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 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., B.SO a.m 2.30 p.m and p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m, bk ID. siTANToei.. 1 Vo*taiaste r

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