MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 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 1, 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 Londotn oh 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), lid each joz. Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy, and all other foreign countries, 21d first oz., 1-Jd 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. BY 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 and district. —Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m. Southern Offices of New Ziealand (except Nelson district). —D'aily, except Sunday, 5 p.m. Blenheim. —Daily, ex.cept 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 Hoki'.jka.—Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays or fiy, 3.30 p.m. Parcels for dispatch by air will be accepted up to the t'.ime of closing letter mails. J . D. O’CONNOR, Postmaster.

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