MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17. Great Britain, Ireland (letters only), due London, September T, also airmail correspondence (special rates apply) for foreign countries served by the Empire air services, per Tasman, 3.30 p.m.; late fee, 3.45 p.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy, Balkans and Dutch East Indies, per Tasman, 3.30 p.m.; late fee, 3.45 p.m. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18.. Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe (second-class matter and parcels only); also letters, etc., for Pitcairn Island, Central America, Jamaica and South American Western States, via Cristobal, per Tainui (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee, 10.45. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19. Great' Britain and Ireland (letters only), Australian States, South Africa and East, per Maunganui, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20. Canada, United States of America, Mexico and West Indies, also letters for Continent of Europe, via San Pedro; Fiji, Apia, Pago Pago, Fanning Islands, Hawaiian Islands, per Mariposa, from Auckland, 10.15 a.m.; late fee, 10.45 a.m. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival date approximate only.) August 13. —S.S. Kairanga, from Sydney, via Auckland: Australian and beyond Australia mail (including English mail dispatched from London, July 28, for Wellington), 17 bags, 12 parcel receptacles. August 18. —Naniwa Maru, from Miike, via. Auckland: Eastern mail for Wellington, 13 bags. August 18. —M.V. Wanganella, from Sydney, via Auckland: English mail. August 18. —S.S. Awatea, from Sydney: English and Australian mail. August 19.—S.S. Mamari, from London: English second-class matter and parcel mail. August 22. —R.M.S. Aorangi, from Vancouver, via Auckland: American

mail. Mails which left Wellington on July 11, via Vancouver, arrived at London on August 8. - AIRMAIL SERVICE. NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and all other British countries (except Australia), IJd each Joz. Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy, and all other foreign countries, 2Jd first oz., ljd each succeeding oz. The postage rates on all articles except letters remain unchanged. Airmail correspondence for foreign countries served by Empire air services, special rates apply. Bf AIRMAIL. Auckland, Hamilton and Thames districts. —Daily, Monday to Friday, 6.30 a.m.; Saturday, 6.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Gisborne. —Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 а. Hawke’s Bay.—Daily, except Sunday, б. a.m. New Plymouth ana district.—Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (except Nelson district). —Daily, except Sunday, 5 p.m. Blenheim—Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m. .Nelson. —Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m. Greymouth and Hokitika. —Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays only, 3.30 p.m. Parcels for dispatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing letter mails. J. D. O’CONNOR, Postmaster.

MASTERTON CLOSING HOURS. Wellington, Monday to Friday (letters only), 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m. Wellington, Monday to Friday, 1 p.m., 3.30 p.m. Wellington, Saturday (letters only), 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Wellington, Saturday, 1 p.m. Carterton, Greytown, Featherston, Martinborough, 6.30 a.m., 1 p.m., daily. Clareville, Lower Hutt. Petone, 6.30 a.m., daily.