POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3, 1 May 1912, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

PQSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter CariSs.—lnland, - including Cook islands. Id for each - lob or fraction thereof., and £d 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 2-id for the first oz. oi' fraction tnereoi, and lsd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, {d', reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—-All -daces, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left oi>en. Ooramercial Papers—Town (tor accounts, etc.. only), M per Joz., or Id for first 4oz and id each 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, andl id for each succeeding 2oz. All other -daces JOoz 2Jd, and £d for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). E^eovspepES's.—Town and Inland, Jet each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Cevlon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, LI each paper. If under Boz sent »y first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id tor each succeding 2oz, All other places Jc! each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Paitarn and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fractnn thereof; over 2oz as for "all other places. All other places, LI first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration 2d additional lor all places. TELEPHONES. Gh3rgß3.~ 4.t exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Aucklnnd, Wellington, Christchurch, Lunedm, Invercargiil, Napier, Hastings, Palmersten North., and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchange* ehieflv from 9.t0 5 p.m. TELEGRAPHSG RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each, additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for \ach additional word. Telegrams to bo repeated will bo charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4ld per word Fiji 0 8 Norfolk Island ... 0 3 „ United States 2 4to 2 8 Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as part of message.) STAMP DUTBES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), I'd. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent dors not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Kails close at tne Post Office, Stratford, as under : For—Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at G p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas--Daily, 0 n.m. Eltbarc—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. flawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 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. Huiakama Daily, 6 p.m. Uuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Enponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m, .Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohurntnhi —Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgartl)—Tuesday, Thured ay, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu--Thursday avid Saturday, G p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and G p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., I p.m., 2.;.<U p.m., and 6 p.'n. i Ngaire Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3(1 a.m., 2.C0 p.m., and '•'< p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3'' a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. L'almerstou N >rth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, fi o.m. Punrvhaka u—Tuesdays nd Satu. days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. ivowan-—Daily, 3.25 p.m. south Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Sbrathmurc—Daily, 6 p.m. Ta bora—Tuesday,' Thursday, Saturday, (i p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.J.0 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Pe Were.-—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 0 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. . rututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wodnofidav G p.m. , Wairnrapa—-Daily, 'B.IO a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. I Waifcara-- D:dly, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. , Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.3.0 p.m and G p.m. 1 Wellington—Daily, 8.30 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. - Whangamomona— Thursday, and Saturday. 6 p an.