POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 27, 2 October 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

9 ■ - POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland including Cock 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 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction taereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Pc*t Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply. Id: all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers {rnclnding Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ail places, id per 2cz • 'Magazines (registered), inland, id for every 802 or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 20* left open. Commarokl Papsra.—-Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and fd each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, aiid id for each succeeding 2oz, All other places lOoz 2sd, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town, and Inland, Jd saoh. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, .Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent by first available route; ovei Boz 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 4qz and id each extra 2oz.

Pattern and Sample Packet#.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof ; over 2oz as for “all other places.”'All 'vther places, Id first 4oz, every act ditional 2oz or fraction id. , Registration.—2d additional for all places. v TELEPHONES, Charges.— At exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £6 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 6 j>.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding— or fraction thereof. One end must bo

Money Orders. (By Post*.—Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or 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 6d; £2C to; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada, Ui States, Hawaii, and Germany, Sd io? each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph;.— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £3, ,and a telegraph fda of Is.; 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 |d for each additional word.

Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for )ach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates m addition to the above, i, CABL,c RATES, vis .>■ ®. 3. Australian States 0 4sd per word Fiji i ... ... OS „ Norfolk Island ... 0 8 ~ United States 3 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony S 7 . United Kingdom 8 0 (Signature and address counted as Bart of message.) i 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, la. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s fid; for every additional £SO. or part of £SO. 2s. 6i KAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Post Office, Stratford, as under:— 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., 8.86 a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Eawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. \ Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. fluiakama—Daily, 6 p.nu Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Da'l*. 8.10 a.m., i.Sb p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8.26 p.ffii 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, 8.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 1.80 p.m.. and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and fl p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.SU p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays na Saturdays, 10 a.m.; and Wednetdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 8.26 p.m South Island — Daily, 8.10 a.m., 6.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 0 p.m.

Taliora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.ai., 1.80 p.m., and 8 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., 8.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 0 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m 2-30 p.m and 8 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m, t*. iJTANXOh. <l *ownaairt*r

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