TASMAN AIR MAILS

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 191, 9 May 1940, Page 8

TASMAN AIR MAILS

Later Closing Time In Wellington NOON ON SATURDAYS Later closing times in Wellington and Auckland for mails for outward dispatch by the transtasman airmail service were announced last evening by the Postmaster-General, Mr. Webb. When stating recently that the transtasman airmail would close at midnight on Fridays in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland, the Minister’s predecessor intimated that if it were found in practice that later closings could be made action would be taken accordingly. Mr. Webb said that as the result of experience in dispatching the first two mails outward it was possible to provide later closing times in Wellington and Auckland. In future, the, transtasman airmail would close in Wellington at noon on Saturdays and in Auckland at midnight on Saturdays (instead of at midnight on Fridays in each case). Due to the lack of connecting services it would not be possible to close the mail in Dunedin and Christchurch later than at present (midnight on Fridays), but throughout the North Island the closing times would be co-ordinated to fit in with the new closing times fixed for Wellington and Auckland.