POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1, 2 September 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters end Utter Carsis.— lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each toz or iruction thereof, and id for ''ach succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom,

British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rico, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam. Bervia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty | Ports, Id for each oz, or fraction I thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz> or fraction tuereof, and lid

!or each succeeding oz. or fraction 1 thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, sd; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, Jd per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, Jd for every Boa or fraction thereof. Foreign, Jd per 2oz loft open. Cotnmaroisi Papers.— Town (for ao-

counts, etc., only), id for 2oze, or Id f or first 4oz and Jd each succeeding ’oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id p er each succeeding 2oz_. All other

places lOoz 2Jd, and Jd for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Nawspapors —Town sud Inland, id »ach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and | Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei I Boz sent hy first available route; ovei j

Boz sent bv direct steamer only, uu- I less specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id n ach under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Pickets.—lnuind, id first 2oz or fraction thereof;

over 2os as for “all other places.” All 1 'thcr places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2ok or fraction fcd, Registration.—2d additional for all I places, TELEPHONES. Charges.— At exenangea continuous-. ly open—Business establishments, £7; | private residences, £5 per annum, i Exchanges not continuously open, aa ■ equal charge of £5.

Telephone Exchange! at Auckland, j Wellington, Christchurch. Dunedin, j invert argil], Napier, Hastings., Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 fl.ti!. PARCEL POST.

Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

Monoy Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji,, Samoa, and Tonga, £*2. ; 6d; £s,> Is; la Gd; £lO 2s; £li, 2s Gd; £ls. 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2( 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, Britiah Possessions.- Canadaj Ui Ge 1 States, Hu .Germany, 3d io»- each £1 or fraction thereof. (By T^iegrapny—, Within Now’Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £6, and a tblWgrapn fee of Is. i Australia, at rate of postal money orders, pins telegraph charge. ■ TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. ' Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for sach additional word. Telegrams to lie repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the aOov». CABLE SATES. , J. , 0. a.. i.< Australian States 0 4Vd per word Fiji ... 0 8 Norfolk Island ... “ '0 S ~ United States 2 ito 2 R „ Cape Colony 2 7 United Kingdom S 0 ■ - „ (Signature and address counted as part of message.) 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 does not exceed £(SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2a. Gd , MAIL KOTICESL Mails cTose at toe Fost Office, Stratford, as under For— / Auckland—Daily. 8.10 a.m.j nlAo, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 n.m. Ifi'tham—Daily 8.10 a.m., 0.80 fc.m , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m , 2.30 p.m,, and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, G p.m. « Hvhroa— Dailv, 0 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, b.io a.m., S.SG p.m., and f; p.ra. Kaponga—Daily, 8.25 p.ia. Kioro—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., S.BO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makalm—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, G p.m. Mi dhirat-*—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m.. and 6 p.m. Now Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., add 0 .a.m. N’gairo—Daily 8.10 a.m., S.SO a.m. 2.30 p.ra., and G p.m. Norman by—Daily, 8.10 A.m.. 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Palmerston N;irth—Daily, HJ.O axu, 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. hohokura—Daily, 6 p.ra. Puniwhakan--Tuesdays no ©atu« days, 10 a.in.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.ra. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily. 9 o.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 9 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 n.m'., 9.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Worn—Daily, 0 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m. ; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday G p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 ».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, 8.10 n.m., 0.80 n.m 2.30 p.m and p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 n.m., 8.80 n.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whanganiomona—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. and G p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. S. fi. tSTAoaWN.

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