MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 January 1939, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON.

Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— MONDAY, JANUARY 16. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada vEastern States), Newfoundland, Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa (letters only), due London January 30, also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Awatea (from Auckland), 5 p.m., late fee 5.30 p.m. Australian States, China, Japan, Malaya and South Africa, by Awatea (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Second-class matter, 10.15 a.m. Also by inland air mail (Id an oz. extra), Tuesday, January 17, 6.30 a.m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13. Great Britain and Ireland (secondclass matter and parcels only); also letters, etc., for Continent of Europe, l Central America, Jamaica, Chile, Bolivia and South American Western States, via Cristobal, by Rangitane, 8.30 a.m. Mails reach London approximately February 19. Correspondence will be . accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. TUESDAY, JANUARY 24. 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), l|d each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 21d first ounce. l|d 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.) January 13. —S.S. Rimutaka, from London, via Auckland: English parcel mail. January 17.—M.V. Wanganella, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. January 21. —S.S. Mariposa, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English second class matter, American and Canadian mail. English letter mails which left Wellington on December 17 arrived at London on December 31. English letter mails which left Wei- 1 Jington on December 19 and 20 arrived London January 3. English letter mails which left Wellington on December 22 and 23 arrived at January 7. 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, 11.30 a.m., 10.15 a.m. New Plymouth and district. —Daily, Monday to Friday, 6.30 a.m.; Saturday, б. 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. —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.