MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under: — THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17. Chatham Islands by Tees (from Lyttelton), 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18. Great Britain and Ireland (secondclass matter and parcels only; also letters, etc., for Continent of Europe, Central America, Jamaica, Chile, Bolivia and South American Western States, via Cristobal, by Rangitiki (from Napier), 10.15 a.m.; late fee, 10.45 a.m. Mails reach London approximately December 22. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (Eastern States) and Newfoundland (letters only), due London December 3; also airmail correspondence for foreign' countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Maetsuycker, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy, Balkans and Dutch East Indies, by Maetsuycker, 8.30 a.m.,; late fee, 9 a.m. Second-class matter, 3.30 p.m., Thursday, 17th. Second-class matter, 3.30 p.m., Thursday, 17th. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22. Apia, Pago Pago and Niue Island, by Maui Pomare, 8.30 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: 21 d 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 16. —S.S. Rangitata, from London: English second-class matter and parcel mail for New Zealand, 30 bags, 300 parcel receptacles; due in office, 9 a.m. November 17. —R.M.S. Niagara, from Vancouver, via Auckland: English, American and Canadian second-class matter for Wellington, 418 bags, 450 parcel receptacles. November 19. —S.S. Strathmore from Brisbane, via Auckland: Australian and English letter mails dispatched from London November 3, 5 and 6. November 21. —Naniwa Ma.ru, from Miike, via Auckland: Eastern mail for Wellington, 9 bags. November 26. —S.S. Mariposa, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English sec-ond-class matter and American and Canadian mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on October 21 and 22 arrived at London on November 5. 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 £oz. Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy, and all other foreign countries, 2jd first oz., lid each succeeding oz. The postage rates on all articles except letters remain unchanged. Airmail correspondence for foreign countries served by Empire air ser- . Vices, special rates apply. 1 M. M. SIM7?SON, ’ Pd stmaster. i