POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 68, 20 November 1913, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Lattarn end Letter tarss,—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for 'each <loz or fraction thereof. a,nd Jd for each succeeding 2o». United Kingdom.] British Possessions, United States,' i)hiii. Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexi-; co, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago ] Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and. Portu-j guese Colonies, Siam, Servia, And! Pe?tal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places for the, first oz. or fraction tnereof, and lsd for each succeeding oz. -or fraction ; thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, Jd ; r«-j ply, Id: ali other places, xiaij.e, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—AJJ | places, *d per 2oa ■ Magaainea (registered), inland, id for every 8o? cr\ fraction thereof, Foreign, id per 2oz j left open. CiimflfsSroiaS Pspsrit.— Town (for &c-j counts, etc., only), \d for 2cza, or la for first 403 f>.vi\ id esveh succeeding | 2oz. Inland, Id for first *oa. msd Jdj for each succeeding 2oa Ail other j places lOoz 2jsd, and Jd for every an- i ditional 2oz (Open for inspection) Pattern and Sample P*fl(tcis. —Inland, first 2oz or fraction thereof ; over 2oz as for "all other places." All vthor places, Id first 4oz. every additional 2oz or fraction *d. RsgistraJlon 2d additional for ail plane* KeiMßpapflrs:.—Town and Inland., id ?>ach. United Kingdom, Australia, Cauada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaa', Id each paper, li undei •k>z sent Oy first available route; ovei Soz sent bv direct steamer 'July, un- I less specially addressed and paid at j rate of Id for first 4ob and £d for each , succeeding 2oz. All other places Id j oach under 4oa and Id "ael extra 2oz. 'TELEPHONES. Charges.-' It exenanges continoouß!y open—Business establishments, £7; Drivate residences, £*C per annum. Exchanges not continuously open* an ! equal charge of £6. j Telephone Exchange* at Auckland, i Wellington, Christchureh, Dunedin, Invercargiil, Napier, Hastings, Pair:; erston North, and Wanganui are open: ail day and all night. The other Exchanges chieliv frcu; i) to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for do- ! livery in Now Zealand, not exceeding— or fraction thereof. One pad must b*

Money o?rtr,ra. (Bj Feat). —Payable in New Zealand, for oaoh £5 or '••nctifui of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji. Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 'Jd; £5. Is; £7, le 6dj £lO 2a; £P-, 2s 6d: fils, Ba; £l7, 3s 6d: £'/<. *«, aiaximum, £4O. United Kingdom-, Britisl Possesions. Canada, Ui'*e' States Hawaii, and Germany. 3d ,<>r ■caat, ft'.! or fraction thereof. vßt Teiegrapi!). - Within New Zealand, 3d for awry '££ or fraction of £5, and a telegraph *;•• of Is. Australia, at ratp cii poßta! monev orders, pluß telegraph charge TELEGRAPHIC RATES. P'cr 12 word 3 or lesc, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for -'.ich additional word. Urgent Teiegramß. Ik. and Id for •ach additional word. Telegisaaa to ie repeated will ba ehargod half•fvtea in addition to thu *.;'><>vc, GABLE RATESS.

(Signature sad address counted as part of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or >ver), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where tb« matter thereof is )f the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where -bo rent do*"? not exow<t . l -''3o, 13a 6d: for every additioaal £SO, or pari of £SO. 2s. 6d SWAJL *4©7lC.<£4. Mails crose at tne Fcst 025»<\ Stratford, as undwr : For—~nd—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; a!»o, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 0 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. '"^•mglas—Dairy, 6 o.ia. E'tham—Daiir, 8.10 a.m., 6.58 ».m . 2.30 p.m., and fl p.m. Efawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.86 ».m . 2.30 p.m., &nd 0 p.m. Hawke'a Bay—Daily, 3.10 ».sa., S.ED a.m., and B.BU p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 8 p.m. 'niroa - Dailr. (5 n.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday am. Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.18 a.ni., fi.& p.m., and @ p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.ta„ Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8 p.m. . Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday atic. Saturday, at 0 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.50 a.m., and 2.50 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., S, W p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 6.10 a.m., I p.m., 2.50 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily. 8.10 a.m., a.SO a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 nun. Normanby—Daily, «.!•"> a.m., B.SC a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and a p.m. PalmerKtou North—Dail», H.IG *.&->.. f 1.30 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m Puniwhakau—-Tuesdays no Batm days, 10 a.m.; asad Wednesdays, 6 p.m, Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.18 u.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore- Dafly, 6 p.m, Tahora —Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, B.IG s.sa., 53.80 p.m., and b" p.m. Taurakawa -Tuesday and Saturday,! 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. 1 To Wera—Daily, 8 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; alec, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tuiutawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa Dad>, 8.10 am.. 8.80: a.m.* r.nd '2 P-fl o.ra. Wavtara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m.,| ami (3 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., {J.BO a.is j 2.30 p.m ami! p.m. Wellington—Daily. 8.10 a.m., a.SO a.m., and 2.80 p.m, Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.na. ' a b. sta^i*^.

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