POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 13, 16 September 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Uttarr. snd Letter Card*—inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each im, or fraction thereof, snd id for each succeeding 26z. 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 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and l£d for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Card*.—lnland, ningle, \d; reply, I'd: all other plaoeß, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papsn (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, £d for every B<<z oi fraction thereof. Foreign, {d per 2osleft open. Coßimarolai Pa&ars. — Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id I for first 4oz and Jd each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for firnt 4oz. nnd \tt f«r each succeeding 2oa. All other places iOoz 2ijd, and Jd for every ivl- \ ditioDal 2oz (Open for inspection). i Newspapers—Town ard Tni~id. *<> i #ach. United Kingdom. Australia, Ca- j nada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, j Orange River, South Sea Islands, and i Transvaal, Id each paper.' [f undei Boz sent by first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, less specially addressed and paid at rate or Id for first 4oz and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and Jd eacl extra 2oz Pattern and Sample Packets. —In iaud, Jd first 2oz or fraction thereof, over 2oz as for "all other places." Al' •vfcker places, Id first 4oz, every art ditional 2oz or fraction §rt. Rsgistration.—2d additional for al places. TELEPHONES. Charges.—At ©xenanges continuoaa ly open—Business establishments, £7 private residences, £o per annum Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchange! at Anckland Wellington, Chriatchurch, Bunedin fnvercargill, Napier, Hastingß, Palm erston North, and Wanganui are opei all day and all night. The other Exchanges chief!v from 9to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for de livery in New Zealand, not exceed ingcr fraction thereof. One end must h<

111 b 1 6 6 8 3 ( Monay Orders. ('Ey Post). —Payable in New Zealand, foi each £5 o: fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d ; £6 Is; £7, Is 6d ; £lO, 2s; *£li, ; 2s 6d £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6cl; £2C i 4s; maxi morn, £4O. United Kingci jm,- Britisl Possessions, Canada, Ui ’teV States Hawaii, and Germany, 3d iOi each £} »r fraction thereof. (By Tetegrayh;.— Within New Zealand, 3d every £f or fraction of £6, and a telegraph fee, ;>f Is. r Australia, at rate of poata money orders, pins telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id foi •ach additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Ib, and Id for sach additional word. Telegrams 1> tie repeated will be charged half rates m addition to the above. CABLE RATES.

(Signature and address counted av Dart of meesmse.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for' £2 oj »ver), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof if )f the value of £2O or upwards, Is, Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £6O, 2s (id or every additions] £SO, or part o: 050. 2b. ftd MAIL NOTICED At ails close at the T’eat Oisce, ■itiaofcrd, as under : H 1 or— Auckland—Daily. 8.10 ».m,; also Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 8 n.m. —Daily WlO a m., O.JJ3 »,m . 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Llavvcia— uaiiy, a.lO a.m., 0.80 a.m , 2.30 p.ra., and 9 p.m. -iawko’a Bay—Daily, 8.10 A.m., 8.80 a.in., and 2.80 p.m. Huiakama-—Daily, 6 p.m. (uiroa—Daily. 8 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. SAponga—Daily, 3.26 p.in. Kioro—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.26 p.m. Mahoo—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.SO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Alakalm—Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday, 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 0 p.m. Ngairo—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 i*.mi. , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, 'Mrnorston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Wihokura—Daily, 6 p.m Puniwhakau—Tuesdays no Satm-. days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. u OTr r, n . —Daily, 3.26 p.m South Island—Daily, 6.10 a.m., 3.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 0 p.m. I’ahora —Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. i'e Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. W T airarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.ra. Waitara —Dally, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 0 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and 1 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 0 p.m. a. y. Stanton.

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