MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 August 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under: — WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24. Great Britain, Ireland (second-class matter and parcels only); also letters, etc., for Continent of Europe, Central America, Jamaica and South American Western States, via Cristobal, per Rangitata (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee, 10.45 a.m. Mails reach London aproximately September 27. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival dates approximate only.) August 20. —S.S. Mamari, from London: English second-class matter and parcel mail for New Zealand, 141 bags. August 22.—R.M.5. Aorangi, from Vancouver, via Auckland: English and American mail for New Zealand, 2503 bags, 1083 parcel receptacles. August 23.—5.5. Mariposa, from Sydney, via Auckland: Australian and beyond Australia mail (including English letter mail dispatched from London August 7) for Wellington, 94 bags, 107 parcel receptacles. August 28. —S.S. Maunganui, from Sydney, via Auckland: English letter mail and Australian mail. AIRMAIL SERVICE. NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and all other British countries (except Australia), l£d each -Joz. Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy, and all other foreign countries, 2Jd first oz., l|d 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. ' B 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. South Island, 1 p.m. daily. Nelson, Blenheim, West Coast, South Island, 6.30 a.m., 1 p.m., daily. Wanganui, Main Trunk, Auckland, 10.15 a.m., daily. Wanganui, Taranaki, Palmerston Nth., 10.15 a.m. and 2 p.m., daily. Wanganui, Taranaki, Palmerston Nth., Auckland (letters only), 5 p.m., daily. ■