POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 19, 23 September 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATEB. Letters and Letter Cards.— inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and Jd for [ each succeeding 2ob. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States. Chili. Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nioarcgu*, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siaiu, Servia. and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first ok. or fraction tnereof, and ljd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, aingle, \d; reply, Id; all other places, sioglo, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (jaoluding Bonk* md Magazines, not registered).—All places, |d per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, \d for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreijjb, id per 2oz left open. Commercial Papers.- -To;vn (for ao-t-ounts, etc., ODjy), id for 2ozs, or Id For first 4oz and Jd eacii eucoeodinp: 2oa. Inland, Id for first ioz, end £d for each succeeding 2os?. All other places 10o?i 2Jd, and Jd foi every additional ~Mz (Open for inspection). Newspapers,—Town ar.d Inland, id I *.'Kjh. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica. Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each pitpsr. ff undei 3oz sent hy first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate o c Id for first 4oa and Jd for eaob succeeding 2oz. Ail i:ther places Id each under 4oz and id eaci extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for "all other places." All places, Id nrsfc 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges. — it exenanges 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 ?Sorth, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chieflv from 9 to 6 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

... - JVScnoy• Orders. (By Post).— Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or t t ;f ,'of;i£s, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, '6d; '£s, Is; £7, la 6d ; £lO, 2s ; £l.l, -2b !&d 1 j £ls, Ss; £l7, 3s 6d; £2C 4s; maxi-, mum, '■ IJoitJed Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada, Ui >'ved States, Hawaii, a.ndi Germany, 3d Id. eicb £1 ‘'dr''fraction thereof. (By TeiOgraph).— Within New.Zealand^ >Sd for every -£5 ■ Or fraction df £5, and a telegraph fee of Ib. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word. Srgeut, Telegrams, la, ? and Id for _ i additional word, v . Telegrams ■to I Be ’ repeated will be charged jha:frathfc in addition to the aboy«, ’* 11 CABLE 'RATES. •>•«£>. u.:.-

(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. Ib. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed 2s 6cl; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. MAIL NOTICED. Mails close at tnc To*f, Office, Stratford, as under:— F or— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; alio, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturday a, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.26 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. E'tham—Daily. 8.10 a.m., o.#o a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Sawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.BC 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, 0 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and (Saturday, at b p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., i.BO p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—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. Ms hoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Mid hirsts-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 3.80 p.m,, and 6 p.m. Now .Plymouth—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily. 8.10 a.m., tf.3o a.m., 2.30 p m., and 5 o.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a'.oi., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m Puniwhakau—Tuesdays n a Batu*days, 10 a.m.; and Wedneie | days, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island-—Daily, 8.10 a.m,, 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily. 0 o.ra. Tahora —Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S.SO p.m., and b p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and "Wednesday, 6 p.m. I To Worn—Dailv, G p.m. i Toko—-Daily. 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday | | and Saturday, 9 a.m. | Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 | a.m.; Wednesday G p.m. I Wairarapa—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 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 a.m., 9.50 a.m i 2.30 p.m an d (5 p.m. i Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.SO a.m., and 2.3 M p.m. Wbangamomona—Tuesday and Saturj day 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wedj nesday and Thursday 6 p.m. I SL y. uSTAJNTMft,

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