MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 March 1939, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. j Mails will be closed at Masterton as under: — MONDAY, MARCH 27. Cook Islands, Tonga and Apia, by Matua (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee 5.30 a.m. TUESDAY, MARCH 28. Great Britain, Ireland, Ceylon, India; Egypt and East Africa (letters only), (due London. April 10); 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, Malaya and South Africa, by Awatea, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m.. Parcel mail, second class matter, 3.30 p.m. Monday, March 27. Central America, Jamaica and South American Western States, via Cristobal, by Cambridge (from Lyttelton), 1 p.m.; late fee, 1.30 p.m. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North,’South and Central America, also West Indies. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) March 25. —Naniwa Maru, from Miike via Auckland; Eastern mail for Wellington, 5 bags. March 25. —Dominion Monarch, from London via Sydney: English, South African and Australian mail. March 28.—S.S. Awatea, from Sydney; English letter mail and Australian mail. April 3. —R.M.S. Aorangi, from Vancouver via Auckland: English secondclass matter, American and Canadian mail. April 3. —S.S. Awatea, from Sydney; English letter mail and Australian mail. April 6. —S.S. Trojan Star, from Liverpool, via Auckland; English parcel mail for Wellington, 1 bag, 49 parcel receptacles. English letter mail which left Wellington on February 28 arrived London March 13. 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. Hawkes 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. NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and all other British countries (except Australia), ljd each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy -and all other foreign countries: 2£d first ounce, lid 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. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.