POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 85, 10 December 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Utters and Latter tarda.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for ©aoh ioz or fraction thereof, and # Jd 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, Servian and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, I<T for each os. or fraction thereof; all other places 9Jd for the first on. or fraction tnereof, and IJd for each.. succeeding os. or fraction thereof. ' Post Garda.—lnland, single, fij reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).™All places, Jd per 2oz*. Magazines (registered), inland- jfd for every Bo* or fraction thereof.. Foreign, id P* r 3o* loft open. Commercial Papers—Tow. (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first and Jd for each succeeding 2q%. All other places 10oz 2Jd, and id for every, additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Pattern and Santpls PaoKfita.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for "all other places.” ill MEer places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2qz or fraction id. , Registration.—2d additional for all place*. , >, Newspapers.—Town aud Inland, id »ach- United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, la each paper. If unde* Boz sent % first available route; over Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed! and paid at rate or Id for. first 4oz and id.for eeob succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and Jd each, extra 2os. j r, ■ TELEPHONES. >NI Chargee— it exchanges ooßtinuoasly open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchange: l not continuously xipen, on equal-charge of £5. _, K •.■ , Telephone, Exchange? at Anr-Hced, Wellington. Dunce Invercargill, Napier,era ton No. s, .-uid Wanganui.--.?- . all day and udit. The cthei Gxchanges ch r * te.-m J > -o 6 z.r . pa*T.

Parcels posted in tin Dominion for i livery in New Zealand, not ing—;r fraction thereof. One end iar*«d

MW*? OetisH. if" FivstL—Fayr’l • ix, Now ■ ••fid, jiji e«dK‘':£6 orj ~.• ft.-. i,.f ffy .-'A o>'s>?«er-v"-' r :Mb. 4 ’iji. Samoa, and ionga, w rh, . *; £7 is 6d f £lO £R, 2s C'd; ! 16, 3s; £l7, 8s 6d; £jfc »- . max. i ouro, £4O. United Kingdom, British j ‘oseossions, Canada, Ui'^e 4 States, iawaii, and Germany, 3d <ov each £3 r fraction thereof, (By Teiegraph).---•Vithin New Zealand, Sd for <3very £5 r fraction of £6, and a telegraph tee T is. Australia, at rate jf postal louey orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. •’or 12 words or less, including address and signature— , Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for ach additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and 11 for ach additional word. Telegrams to e repeated will be charged halfat eg m addition to the above. CABLE RATES. . *.v& ■% ■*.; *. 8. * . lusiralian States 6 4 J-d per word ir iji ... r « 0 .1, „ Norfolk Island ... S I „ Ini ted States 2 4to S U „ . lm Colony I, 7 „ mted Kingdom I I „ (Signature and address counted aa Hart of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge .(for £1 or >ver), Id. Agreement (other than -ease), .where the matter thereof is >f the value of £2O of upwards, la. Oeaee or Agreement for Lease, where :he rent does not exceed £6O, 2b fdj or every additional £6O, or #»rt pf €6O. 2si Id. . ' . . .* . MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Vpst Office, Stratford, as under:—.. * . ’ Auckland —Daily, 8.16 ft.m. ••®o, Tuesday®, Thursdays, and fiatordayn, at 8 p.m. lirdiff—Daily. 8.26 ,p.m* Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Wiliam—Daily., 8.10 a.m. c V.fif ».w-, 2.30 p.m., «nd S p.m. lawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., I.N a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. lawke’s Bay—Daily, 1.11 1.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. luiakama—Daily, f p.m* •uiroa—Daily. 0 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m, ■'nglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.« 8.88 p.m., and I p.m. (aponga—Daily, 8.25 p.M. iiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday tad Saturday, at 3 p.m. Lowgartn—Tuesday, Thursday, cad Saturday, 8.26 p.m. ' “ ylshoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. lain Trunk--U : ly,, 8.10 a.na.* I.B® , . a.m., o Y p.m, Makahu—Tuv-wi-vv Thursday and Saturday, n Ti, vlidhirst—E rio * rr.., t.& r I and f •, Now. Pljiav- .. —‘.‘oJ'iy.. ■§ 1© » ai-j .1 . p.m., 2. lmj p.jjii,, and i p.m, fgaire—Daily, o.IC a.*su, <t-ts 2.30 p.m., and i h u. lor man by—Daily, ».i0 *.ss-, 3 T a.m., 2.30 p.m., and d p.m J »lmerston North—Daißr, *,lt e.»9.80 a.m., and 2.50 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m, F a*, i h-■ k* '—Tuesdays an dflyn, 9 a.m.; and Wednes- j

lowan- ■ .26 p.a. touth li.. a-: -Jaily, 8.10 a.n., 8.06 a.m., auv. 2.30 p.m. itrathmore -Deilv. 8 p.m. faiiora—Tuesday Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. ! ariki -Daily. *.lO 3.r4* p.m. c - Taurakaw* -Tuesday . wed y a.m., and Vvoauueuay, 6 p.m. V\ora—Dauj, 0 pm toko —Daily, 6 pm.; alio, lueidaj 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., 12.26 p.m., and 0 p.m. vVangamu—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and 8 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8,10 a.m., , a.m., and 2.80 p.mi Whangamomona—Tuesday aqd Batur r day 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday & p.m. 0. 11. iI'ANTOM.

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