MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 December 1938, Page 9

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— MONDAY, DECEMBER 19. Great Britain, Ireland, Newfoundland, Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa (letters only), (due London January 2); also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply), served by the Empire air service, by Awatea (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Australian States, China, Japan, Malaya, South Africa, by Awatea (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Tuesday, December 20, 6.30 a.m. Second-class matter, 10 a.m. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20. Apia, Pago Pago and Niue Island, by Maui Pomare, December 20, 8.30 a.m. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22. Great Britain, Ireland (letters only), due London January 5, also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Wanganella. 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy and Balkans, by Wanganella, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 3 p.m. Parcel mail, noon. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) December 16. —S.S. Korowai, from Sydney, via Auckland: Australian mail for Wellington: 7 bags, 2 parcel receptacles. December 20. —M.V. Wanganella, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. December 23. —S.S. Durham, from Liverpool, via Auckland: English sec-ond-class matter and parcel mail for New Zealand, 2 bags, 249 parcel receptacles. 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 24 and 25 arrived at London on December 11. 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, 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. BY 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, 5.30 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.—Monday to Friday, 3.30 p.m.; Saturday, 5 p.m. Parcels for dispatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing letter mails. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.