MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 February 1939, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON.

Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:—

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Great Britain and Ireland (second class matter and parcels only); also letters, etc., for Continent of Europe, via Cape Horn, by Waipawa (from Lyttelton), (Wahine), 8.30 a.m. Parcel mail. Second-class matter, 3.30 p.m. Friday. Mails reach London approximately March 16.

Central America, Jamaica and South American Western States, via Cristobal, by Maimoa (from Auckland), a p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m.. Parcel mail. Sec-ond-class matter, 10 a.m. 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 13, 6.30 a.m. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13.

Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (Eastern States), Newfoundland, Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa (letters only), (due London, February 27); also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates aply), 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. Parcel mail. Second-class matter, 9.45 a.m. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Tuesday, February 14, 6.30 a.m. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) February 11.—S.S. Stratheden, from Brisbane via Auckland: English letter mail and Australian mail for New Zealand, 161 bags. February 13.—S.S. Korowai, from Sydney, via Auckland: Australian and beyond Australia mail for Wellington. 35 bags, 3 parcel receptacles. February 13.—S.S. Rangitiki, from London, via Auckland: English secondclass matter and parcel mail for New Zealand, 600 bags, 250 parcel receptacles.

February 14.—S.S. Awatea, from Sydney, via Auckland, English letter mail and Australian mail. February 15. —M.V. Wanganella, from Sydney: Australian mail. February 17. —S.S. Opawa, from Liverpool, via Auckland: English second class matter and parcel mail for Wellington, 10 bags. 55 parcel receptacles. February 18—S.S. Monterey, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English sec-ond-class matter, American and Canadian mail.

English letter mail which left Wellington on January 16 arrived at London on January 30.

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: 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 apoly. 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. M. M. SIMPSON, i Postmaster, '