POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 16, 19 September 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Latter* sod Letter Cards—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United Statos, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siaru, Servia, and Postal Ageucies in Chinese Treaty Porta, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2|d for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Poet Cards—lnland, single, id; reply. Id; all other places, ein&le, Id ; reply 2d. Prlntad Papers (mcluding Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id p&r 2oz •• Magazines (registered), inland, Jd for every Boz or fraction thereof. ForeigD, id per 2ok left' open. Commercial P*perf.~- Town (for accounts, etc., only), |d for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and Jd each succeeding 2ox. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and jd for each succeeding 2o£. All other places lOoz 2}d, and Jd for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town ssd Inland, id rach. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper, ff unde> Boz Kent oy first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and pa.id at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All ether piaceß Id each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for "all other places." All ■vther places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. FUgistraHsn—2d additional for all TELEPHONES. Charges.- it execaages continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchangei at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, InvercargiU, 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. Parcels posted in the Dominion for de-' livery in New Zealand, not exceeding— or fraction thereof. One end must ho

Money Ortfcra. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, fov each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d ; £lO.. 2s; £ll, 2s 5(1; £ls, Os; £l7. 3s 6d ; £2C 4a; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, 'British Possessions. Canada, Ui ‘vel States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d vcv dr fraction thereof. (By IVoegragh;.— Within New Zealand. 3d for .every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee M Is, , AueHaha,i ( at rate, of ipostai money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Ib, and Id for ?ach additional word. Telegrams to bo repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE HATES. ,

(Signature and address counted as Dart of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof it? of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or pari of £SO. 2s. fri HAIL NOTICE*. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as u«dor;-~ For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 8.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 n.m. Eltham—Daily. 8.10 a.m. t a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama-—Daily, 6 p.m* Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.* B.iiO p.m., and 6 p.m. Eaponga—Daily, 3.25 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 ©.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Mid hirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. > T ew Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. \gaire—Daily. 8.10 a.m., OJO a.m., 2.30 p m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—- Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.BC a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Bail,*-, a.lO a.m,, 0.30 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Pchokura—Daily, 6 p.m Funiwhakau—Tuesdays aa Satmdays, 10 a.m. j and Wedneisdays, 8 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island'—Daily, 8.10 a.m., BJO a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 0 p.m.

Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Satur-

day, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daiiy, 8.10 a.m., 1.80 p.m., and b p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To 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. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wan^armi —Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.BO a.m 2.30 p.m and 5 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 n.m., and 2.80 p.m. Whannamomona —Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. S. U. (SX&NTOi*.

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». a.' Australian Gtatei 0 4 W per word Fiji 0 b Norfolk Island ... 0 0 United States 3 4 to 2 s Cape Colony 2 7 II United .Kingdom S 0 <9