MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 August 1938, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under: — FRIDAY, AUGUST 26. Great Britain and Ireland (secondclass matter and parcels only); also all States of South America, via Monte Video, per Port Alma, 3.30 p.m.; late fee, 3.45 p.m. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27. Great Britain- and Ireland (letters only), due London September 12; also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, per Maunganui (from Auckland), 5 p.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy, Balkans and Norfolk Island, per Maunganui (from Auckland), 5 p.m. Second-class matter, 10 a.m. MONDAY, AUGUST 29. Great Britain and Ireland (secondclass matter and parcels only); also letters, etc., for Continent of Europe, via Cape Horn, per Melbourne Star (from Auckland). Mails reach London approximately October 2. Also per inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Tuesday, August 30, 6.30 a.m. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival Dates Aproximate Only.) August 27. —S.S. Rangitane, from London, via Auckland: English secondclass and parcel mails. August 27. —S.S. Kakapo, from Sydney, via Lyttelton: Australian and beyond Australia mail. August 28.—S.S. Maunganui, from Sydney via Auckland: English letter mail and Australian mail. September 3. —S.S. Monterey, from San Pedro, via Auckland: American and Canadian mail. Mails which left Wellington on July 23 via San Pedro arrived at London on August 18. 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 loz. Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy, and aIT other foreign countries, 21d 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. BZ 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.