MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 September 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. ■ Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. Great Britain, and Ireland (letters only), (due London September 29; also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, per Wanganella (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee, 10.45 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy and Balkans, per Wanganella (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee, 10.45 a.m. Parcel mail, 9.15 a.m. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 6 Great Britain, Ireland and Newfoundland (letters only), due London, October 1; also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, per Maunganui, 8.30 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy, Balkans, per Maunganui, 8.30 a.m. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. Parcel mails for Fiji, Tahiti, Pago Pago, Hawaiian Islands and America, per Monterey (from Auckland), 9.15 a.m. i United States of America, Canada, Mexico and West Indies; also letters for Continent of Europe, via San Podro, Fiji, Apia, Pago Pago, Japan, Tahiti and Hawaiian Islands, per Monterey (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee, 10.45 a.m. Mail closes at Auckland 3 p.m. Monday; due San Pedro October 3. Note: Newspaper rate of postage to United States of America is Jd for each two ounces. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. Also per inland airmail (Id an oz extra), Monday, September 19, 6.30 a.m. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival Dates Aproximate Only.) September 13. —S.S. Waiotapu, from Sydney, via New Plymouth: Australian mail and English letter mails dispatched from London August 25, 27 and 28 for Wellington, 132 bags, 35 parcel receptacles. September 14—S.S. Wanganella, from Sydney, via Auckland: English letter mail and Australian mail. September 16.—S.S. Maunganui, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. September 20. —RJM.S. Niagara, from Vancouver, via Auckland; American and Canadian mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on August 11 arrived at London on August 28. 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., 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. 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 a.m. Hawke’s Bay.—D'aily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m. New Plymouth and district. —Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (except Nelson district). —Daily, except Sunday, 5 p.m. (Continued on Last Page.)