MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 December 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under: — Next dispatch for Great Britain: Awatea, December 13, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m.; due London December 26. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16. , Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (Eastern States), Newfoundland, Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa (letters only), (due London December 31); also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air'services, by Tasman, 3.3 Q p.m.; late fee, 3.45 p.m. Australian States, China, Japan, Malaya, South Africa and Dutch East Indies, by Tasman, 3.30 p.m.; late fee, 3.45 p.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14. 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 Rangitata (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m., 10.45 a.m. Mails reach London approximately January 17. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra). Thursday, December 15, 6.30 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 and all other foreign countries: 2£d first ounce, xjd 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.) December 13: R.M.S. Aorangi, from Vancouver, via Auckland: English sec-ond-class matter, American and Canadian mail. 2555 bags; 635 parcel receptacles. December 16—S.S. Rangitane, from London: English second-class matter and parcel mail. 15 bags, 315 parcel receptacles. English letter mails which left Wellington November 19 arrived at London on December 4. December 20. —M.V. Wanganella, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. December 24. —S.S. Monterey, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English sec-ond-class matter, American and Canadian mail. English letter mails which left Wellington on November 21 and 22 arrived at London on December 5. AIRMAIL. Auckland, Hamilton and Thames districts.- -Daily, Monday to Friday, 6.30 and 8.30 a.m.; Saturday, 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Gisborne. —Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 а. 10.15 a.m. Hawke’s Bay.—Daily, except Sunday, б. a.m., 10.15 a.m. New Plymouth and district. —Daily, Monday to Friday, 6.30 a.m.; Saturday, 6.30 a.m., 5 p.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.—Dally, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.