MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 October 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4. Apia, Pago Pago and Niue Island, per Maui Pomare, 8.30 a.m. Chatham Islands, per Tees (from Lyttelton), 1 p.m. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland (letters only), due London, October 20; also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, per Awatea, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy, Balkans and Norfolk Isand, per Awatea, 8.30 a.m. Sec-ond-class matter, 3.30 p.m., Tuesday. NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and all other British countries (except Australia), l£d each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce.

United States of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 2£d first ounce, lid each succeeding ounce. The postage rates of all articles except letters remain unchanged. Airmail correspondence for foreign countries served by Empire a;ir services, special rates apply. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival Dates Aproximate Only.) Octobei’ 3. —S.S. Awatea from Sydney: Australian and beyond Australia mail (including English letter mails) dispatched from London, September 15, 17 and 18 for Wellington. October 4. —S.S. Maunganui, from Sydney: Australian mail. October 7. —S.S. Mataroa, from London, via Auckland: English second-class matter and parcel mail. October 17. —R.M.S. Aorangi, from Vancouver, via Auckland: American and Canadian mail.

English letter mail which left Wellington on September 7 arrived at London September 22. 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, 2|d first oz., 1-Jd each succeeding oz. Thu postage rates on all articles except betters remain unchanged. Airmail correspondence for foreign countries served by Empire air services, special rates apply. B? AIRMAIL. Auckland, Hamilton and T’hames 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.