MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 November 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— 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), IJd each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 2|-d first ounce, 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.) j 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 Lon - don October 29. The Christmas dispatch for newspapers, packets and parcel mails fen Great Britain and Ireland, also parcels for Europe, will be closed at Masterton on November 9 (due London December 13). M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.

AIRMAIL SERVICE. NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. I Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt | and all other British countries (except Australia), each £oz. Australia and/ Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy, and all other foreign countries, 2|d first oz_ l|d each succeeding oz. The postagf: rates on all articles except letters re - main unchanged. Airmail correspondence for forc'd ;n countries served by Empire air !*;rvices, 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 p.r n. Gisborne. —Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 а. Hawke's Bay.—Daily, except S unday, б. a.m.

New Plymouth ana district. —Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand cept Nelson district). —Daily, except Sunday, 5 p.m. Blenheim. —Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m. Nelson. —Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m. Greymouth and Hokitika. —Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays only, 3.30 p.m. Parcels for dispatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing letter mails. MASTERTON CLOSING HOURS. Wellington, Monday to Friday (letters only), 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m. Wellington, Monday to Friday, 1 p.m., 3.30 p.m. Wellington, Saturday (letters only), 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Wellington, Saturday, 1 p.m. Carterton, Greytown, Featherston, Martinborough, 6.30 a.m., 1 p.m., daily.