MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 February 1939, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. [ Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— Next dispatch for Great Britain: . Awatea, February 28, 8.30 a.m.; late lee, 9 a.m. Due London March 13. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (Eastern States), Newfoundland, Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa (letters only), (due London March 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 and South Africa, by Awatea, 8.30 J a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Second-class matter, 3.30 p.m., on Monday. Chatham Islands, by Tees (from Lyttelton), (Wahine), 1 p.m. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), 5 p.m. Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe (second-class matter and • parcels only), via Cape Horn, by Durham, 3.30 p.m. Mails reach London approximately April 4. THURSDAY. MARCH 2. Nauru Island, by Forresbank (from .Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail. Second-class matter, 10.15 a.m. Great Britain and Ireland (letters only), (due London. March 18), also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (.special rates aply) served by the Empire air services, by Wanga-. nella (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy and Balkans,..by Wanganella (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; secondclass matter, 10 a.m. NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and all . other British countries (except Australia), ltd each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United Slates of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 2Jd first ounce. U-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 apnly. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) February 2.8. —S.S. Awatea. from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. March G. —S.S. Awatea. from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. I March 7.--R.IVI.S. Niagara, from Vancouver, via Auckland: English secondclass matter, American and Canadian mail. March 9.—S.S. Arawa, from London: English parcel mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on January 31 arrived London February 15. English letter mails which left Wellington on February G and 7 arrived at London on February 20. BY AIRMAIL. Auckland, Hamilton and Thames districts. —Daily, Monday to Friday, G. 30 and 8.30 a.m.; Saturday, G. 30 a.m., 8.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Gisborne. —Daily, except Sunday, G. 30 а. 10.15 a.m. Hawkes Bay—Daily, except Sunday, G. 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. ter mails. M. M. SIMPSON, • Postmaster.