MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 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.; date fee, 1.30 p.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25. Great Britain and Ireland (letters only), (due London December 8); also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Mariposa (from Auckland), by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), 6.30 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy and Balkans, by Mariposa (from Auckland), by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), 6.30 a.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26. Parcel mails for Fiji, Fanning Island, Hawaiian Islands, Canada and America, by Niagara (from Auckland), 9.15 a.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 Jd for each two ounces. Correspondence will also be accepted for airmail services in America, also Hono-lulu-San Francisco pan-American Airways service. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1. Great Britain and Ireland (secondclass matter and parcels only); also letters, etc., for Continent of Europe, via Cape Horn, by Port Townsville (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee, 10.45 a.m. Mails reach London approximately January 4. Christmas dispatch of letters for Great Britain and Ireland will be closed at Wellington on November 29; due London December 15. 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, l|d each succeeding ounce. The postage rates of all articles except letter's remain unchanged. Airmail correspondence for foreign countries served by Empire air services, special rates apply. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) November 22.—5.5. 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. —S.S. Mariposa, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English sec-ond-class matter and American and Canadian mail. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.