MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 January 1939, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— MONDAY, JANUARY 30. Cook Island, Tonga and Apia, by Matua (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Second-class matter, 10 a.m. Also by inland airmai l(ld an.oz. extra), Tuesday, January 31, 8.30 a.m. TUESDAY, JANUARY 31. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (Eastern States), Newfoundland, Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa (letters only), (due London, February 13); also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Awatea, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Australian States, China, Japan, Malaya, South Africa, by Awatea. 8.30 a.m. Second-class matter, 3.30 p.m., Monday. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1. Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe (second-class matter and parcels only); also letters, etc., for Pitcairn Island, Central America, Jamaica and South American Western States, via Cristobal, by Tainui, 8.30 a.m. Sec-ond-class matter, 3.30 p.m., Tuesday. Mails reach London approximately March 12. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4. Parcel mails for Fiji, Pago Pago, Hawaiian Islands and America, by Mariposa (from Auckland), 9 a.m. United States of America. Canada, Mexico and West Indies; also letters for Continent of Europe, via San Pedro, Fiji, Apia, Pago Pago, Hawaiian Islands, by Mariposa (from Auckland). 10.15 a.m. Second-class matter, 10 a.m. Mail closes al Auckland. 3 p.m., Monday; due San Pedro February 20. Note: Newspaper rale of postage to United States is Id for each two ounces. 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), Monday, February 6, G. 30 a.m.

INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) January 30.—S.S. Awatea, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. January 31.—Kozan Marti, from Japan, via Auckland: Eastern mail for Wellington, 17 bags. February !.•■ M.V. Wanganella, from Sydney, via Auckland: Australian mail. February 6. —S.S. Awatea. from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. February G. —R.M.S. Aorangi, from Vancouver, via Auckland: English sec-ond-class matter, American and Canadian mail. February 10—S.S. Rangitiki, from London, via Auckland: English parcel mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on January 5 and G arrived at London on January 24. ' M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster. Monday, January 30.

NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland. Canada, Egypt and all other British countries (except Australia). J£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 apnly. 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, 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.