MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 May 1939, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— MONDAY, MAY 1. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Newfoundland, Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa (letters only), (due London May 18), also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire, air services, by Niagara (from Auckland), 5 p.m. Late fee, 5.30 p.m, Australian States, China, Japan, Malaya and South Africa, by Niagara (from Auckland), 5 p.m. Late fee, 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 10.15 a.m. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Tuesday, May 2. TUESDAY, MAY 2. Nauru Island, by Forresbank • (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Wednesday, May 3. WEDNESDAY, MAY 3. Fiji, Tonga, Pago Pago and Apia, by Matua (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m.; pai’cel mail, 10 a.m. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) May 2.—R.M.S. Niagara, from Vancouver, via Auckland: English secondclass matter, American and Canadian mail for Wellington, 492 bags. May 2. —S.S. Monterey, from Sydney, via Auckland: English letter mail and Australian mail. May 3—S.S. Taranaki, from Liverpool, via Auckland: English parcel mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on April 4 arrived at London on April 20. AIRMAILS. Inland air-mails will close at Masterton as under:— Auckland and District.—Monday to Friday, 6.30 a.m.; Saturday, G. 30 a.m., 5 p.m. Blenheim—Daily (except. Sunday), 8.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m. Christchurch—Daily (except Sunday), 6.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Dunedin.—Daily (except Sunday), 6.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Gisborne—Monday to Friday, 6.30 а. Saturday, 6.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Greymouth.—Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. Hokitika.— Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. Invercargill.—Daily (except Sunday), б. a.m., 5 p.m. Napier.—Monday 1o Friday, 6.30 a.m.; Saturday, 6.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Nelson.—Daily (except Sunday), 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m. New Plymouth.—Daily (except Sunday), 5 p.m. Reefton.—Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. Westport.—Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. Parcels for despatch by air wlil 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 <Bl other British countries (except Australia), Ud each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 2id 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 apply. M. M. SIMPSON, i Postmaster.