MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 March 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 fee, 9 a.m. Due London March 13. 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. FRIDAY, MARCH 3. 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 Wanganella (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. SATURDAY, MARCH 4. Parcel mails for Fiji, Pago Pago, Tahiti, Hawaiian Islands and America, by Monterey (from Auckland), 10 a.m. United States of America, Canada, Mexico and West Indies; also letters for Continent of Europe, via San Pedro, Fiji, Apia, Pago Pago, Tahiti. Japan and Hawaiian Islands, by Monterey (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m. Mail closes at Auckland 3 p.m. Monday; due San Pedro March 20. Note: Newspaper rate of postage to United States of America is >d 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, March 6, 6.30 a.m. MONDAY, MARCH 6. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland (letters only), due London March 20, also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Awatea, 8.30 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Malaya. Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy and Balkans, by Awatea, 8.30 a.m. Parcel mail. Secondclass matter, 1 p.m. on Saturday. 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: 2£d 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.) March 6.—S.S. Awatea, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. March 7.—R.M.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 6 and 7 arrived at London on February 20. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.