MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 November 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under: — SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5. Falkland Islands, also all States of South’ America, via Montevideo, per Mahia (from Bluff), (Rangatira), 8.30 a.m. Also per inland mail (Id an oz. extra), Saturday, November 5, 5 p.m. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7. Cook Islands, Tonga and Apia, per Matua (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee 10.45 a.m. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 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 Mataroa (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee 10.45 a.m. Mails reach London approximately December 13. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South, and Central America, also West Indies. Also per inland airmail (Id per oz extra), Thursday, November 10, 6.30 a.m. Monday, November 7, 6.30 a.m. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10. Great Britain and Ireland (letters only), (due London November 26); also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, per Wanganella (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee 5.30 p.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy and Balkans, per Wanganella (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee 5.30 p.m. Second-class matter, 10 a.m. 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 anrl all other foreign countries: 2jd first ounce, IJd each succeeding ounoe. 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 MiAILS. (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) November 9. —S.S. Gabriella, from Newcastle: Australian and beyond Australia mail (including English letter mails dispatched from London October 20, 22 and 23 for Wellington, 84 bags. 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 15 arrived at London October 29. The Christmas dispatch for newspapers, packets and parcel ma.ils for Great Britain and Ireland, also parcels for Europe, will be closed at Masterton on November 9 (due London December 13). 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, 2|d first oz., ljd each succeeding oz. The postage rates on all articles, except letters remain unchanged. Airmail correspondence for foreign countries server by Empire air services, special apply. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.