MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 October 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON.

Mails will be closed at Masterton as under: —

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1. Apia, Pago Pago and Niue Island, per Maui Pomare, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland (letters only), due London November 14, 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 and Balkans, per Awatea, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9.0 a.m.

NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and all other British countries (except Australia), lad each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. , United States of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 2Jd first ounce, lid 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 Approximate Only.) November 1. —R.M.S. Aorangi, from Sydney, via Auckland: Australian mail. November 1. —S.S. Kaiwarra, from Melbourne, via Auckland: Australian parcel mail for Wellington, 1 parcel receptacle. November 3.—S.S. Arawa, from London: English second-class matter and parcel mail. November 4.—S.S. Arawa, from London: English second-class matter for New Zealand, 969 bags. November 4.—S.S. Kaimiro, from Sydney, via Auckland: Australian and beyond Australia mail for Wellington, 13 bags; 3 parcel receptacles. November 10.- —M.V. Wanganella, from Sydney, via Auckland: English letter mail and Australian mail. November 15.—R.M.S. Niagara, from Vancouver, via Auckland: American and Canadian mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on October 5 arrived at London October 20. The Christmas dispatch for newspapers, packets and parcel mails for Great Britain and Ireland, also parcels for Europe, will be closed at Wellington on November 4; due London December 8. AIRMAIL SERVICE. NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and all other British countries (except Australia), ljd each |oz. Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy, and all other foreign cotintries, 2£d first oz., IJd 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. B. McFARLANE, Acting-Postmaster.