MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 October 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under: — MONDAY, OCTOBER 17. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Newfoundland, Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa (letters only), (due London November 3); also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, per Aorangi (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Australian States, China, Japan, Malaya and South Africa, per Aorangi (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 10 a.m. Also per inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Tuesday, October 18, 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: 2£d first ounce, l£d 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 17.—R.M.S. Aorangi, from Vancouver, via Auckland: American and Canadian mail. October 18.—S.S. Mariposa, from Sydney, via Auckland: English letter mail and Australian mail. October 20. —S.S. Rangitiki, from London, via Auckland: English secondclass matter and parcel mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on September 19 and 20, arrived at London on October 6. English letter mail which left Wellington on September 24 arived at London on October 10. 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 ioz. Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. b. McFarlane, Acting-Postmaster.