MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 October 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13. Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe (second-class matter and parcels only); also letters, etc., for Pitcairn Island, Central America, Chile, Bolivia, Jamaica and South American Western States,, via Cristobal, per Tamaroa (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee, 10.45 a.m. Mails reach London approximately November 16. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14. Great Britain and Ireland (letters only), due London, October 27; also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rater, 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 and Balkans, per Awatea, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15. Parcel mails for Fiji, Pago Pago, Tahiti, Hawaiian Islands and America, per Mariposa (from Auckland), 10 a.m. United States of America, Canada, Mexico and West Indies; also letters for Continent of Europe, via San Pedro, Fiji, Apia, Pago Pago, Japan, Tahiti and Hawaiian Islands, per Mariposa (from Auckland), 5 p.m. Second-class matter,- 10 a.m. Mail closes at Auckland 3 p.m. Monday, due San Pedro October 31. Note: Newspaper rates of postage to United States of America is >d 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, October 17, 6.30 a.m. NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and all other British countries (except Australia); IJd each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 2id first ounce, IJd each succeeding ounce. The postage rates of all articles except letters remain unchanged. Airmail correspondence for foreign countries served by Empire air services, special rates apply. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival Dates Aproximate Only.) October 13. —S.S. Awatea, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. October 17 — R.M.S. Aorangi, from Vancouver, via Auckland: American and Canadian mail. October 20. —S.S. Rangitiki, from London, via Auckland: English secondclass matter and parcel mail. English letter mails which left Wellington on September 14 and 15 arrived at London on September 29. English letter mails which left Wellington on September 16 arrived at London on October 2. English letter mail which left Wellington on September 19 arrived at London on October 3. 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. , IJd each succeeding oz. The postag e rates on all articles except letters r amain unchanged. Airmail correspondence for fore’ ,gn 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 punj .

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