MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under: — THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24. Great Britain, Ireland (letters only), due London December 8, also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Westralia, 1 p.m.; late fee, 1.30 p.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy and Balkans, by Westralia, 1 p.m.; late fee, 1.30 p.m. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28. Canada, United States of America, Argentine, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Falkland Islands, Mexico, West Indies, also letters only for Continent of Europe, via Vancouver; also Fiji, Japan, Fanning Island and Hawaiian Islands, by Niagara, from Auckland (letters only), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Second class matter, 10.15 a.m. Mail closes at Auckland 9 a.m., Tuesday; due Vancouver, December 16. Note: Newspaper rate of postage to United States of America is |d for each two ounces. Correspondence will also be accepted for airmail services in America, also Hono-lulu-San Francisco pan-American Airways service? The Christmas dispatch of letters for ■Great Britain and Ireland will be closed at Wellington on December 6; due London December 19. 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 and all other foreign countries: 2£d first ounce, IJd 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 22.—S.S. Awatea, from Sydney, via Auckland: Australian and beyond Australia mail (including English letter mail dispatched from London November 6 for Wellington, 201 bags, 103 parcel receptacles. November 23—S.S. Westralia, from Sydney: Australian mail. November 26.—5.5. Mariposa, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English sec-ond-class matter and American and Canadian mail. December 2.—S.S. Akaroa, from London, via Auckland: English second-class matter and parcel mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on October 27 and 28 arrived at London on November 10. BY AIRMAIL. Auckland, Hamilton and Thames districts.—Daily, Monday to Friday, 6.30 a.m.; Saturday, 6.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Gisborne.—Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 а. Hawke’s Bay.—Daily, except Sunday, б. a.m. New Plymouth and district.—Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (except 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. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.

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, Grey town, Featherston, Martinborough, 6.30 a.m., 1 p.m., daily. Clareville, Lower Hutt. Petone, 6.30 a.m., daily. South Island, 1 p.m. daily Nelson, Blenheim, West Coast, South Island, 6.30 a.m., 1 p.m., daily. Wanganui, Main Trunk, Auckland, 10.15 a.m., daily. Wanganui, Taranaki, Palmerston Nth., 10.15 a.m. and 2 p.m., daily. Wanganui, Taranaki, Palmerston Nth., Auckland (letters only), 5 p.m., daily. Hawke’s Bay, Woodville, 10.15 a.m., 2 p.m., daily. Eketahuna, Pahiatua, 10.15 a.m., 2 p.m. daily, 5.30 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat. Mauriceville, 1.0.15 a.m., daily, 2 p.m. daily, 5.30 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat. Kopuaranga, Mangamahoe, 10.15 a.m., daily. Whareama, Tinui, 6.30 a.m., daily. Tinui, Whakataki, Castlepoint, 12.45 p.m., daily. I inui Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m.,. Mon., Wed. and Fri. Bideford Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat. Homewood Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Mon.. Wed., Fri. Strcmvar Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Mon., Thurs. Ve Wharau Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m.. Mon., Wed., Fri. RURAL MAIL SERVICES. Kaituna, Matahiwi, 6.30 a.m., daily. Wangaehu, 10.15 a.m., daily. Rangitumau, 7.30 a.m., daily. Mount Bruce, 2 p.m., daily. Gladstone, Longbush, 2 p.m., daily. Westmere, Ngaumu Road, 6.30 a.m., Tues, and Fri. Taueru, 6.30 a.m., daily. East Taratahi, 7 a.m., daily.