MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 May 1939, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under;— 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.; parcel mail, 10 a.m. FRIDAY, MAY 5. Great Britain and Ireland (secondclass matter and parcels only); also letters, etc., for- Continent of Europe, Central America, Jamaica, Chile, Boliand South American Western States, via Cristobal, by Rangitane, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 3.30 p.m., Thursday, May 4. Mails reach London approximately June 8. Correspondence wil be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (Eastern States) and Newfoundland (letters only), due London, May 20; also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Monowai, 8.30 а. late fee, 9 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy, Balkans and Norfolk Island, by Monowai, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Parcel mail and secondclass matter, 3.30 p.m., Thursday, May 4. 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, 6.30 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), б. 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 Io 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. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.

NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and tfil 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, lid each succeeding ounce. The postage rates of all articles except tetters remain unchanged. Airmail correspondence for foreign countries served by Empire air services, special rates apply. MASTERTON CLOSING HOURS. Wellington, Monday to Friday (letters only), 6.30 a.m.,j8.30 a.m. Wellington, Monday to Friday, 1 p.m., 3.30 p.m. Wellington, Saturday (letters only), 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Wellington, Saturday, 1 p.m. Clareville, Lower Hutt, Petone, 6.30 a.m., daily. South Island, 1 p.m., daily. Carterton, Greytown, Featherston, Martinborough, 6.30 a.m., 1 p.m., daily. Nelson, Blenheim, West Cost, South Island, 6.30 a.m., 1 p.m., daily. Wanganui, Main Trunk, Auckland, 10.15 a.m., daily. Wanganui, Taranaki, Palmerston Nth., 10.15 a.m. and 2 p.m., daily. Wanganui, Taranaki, Palmerston Nth,. Auckland (letters only), 5 p.m., daily. Hawke’s Bay, Woodville. 10.15 a.m., 2 p.m., daily. Eketahuna, Pahiatua, 10.15 a.m., 2 p.m. daily, 5.30 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat. Mauriceville, 10.15 a.m., daily, 2 p.m. daily, 5.30 2a.m„ Tues., Thurs., Sat. Kopuaranga, Mangamahoe, 10.15 a.m. daily. • Whareama, Tinui, 6.30 a.m., daily. Tinui, Whakataki, Castlepoint, 12.45 p.m., daily. Tinui Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Mon., Wed. and Fri. Bideford Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat. Homewood Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Mon., Wed., Fri. Stronvar Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Mon.. Thurs. Te Wharau Private Bag Line, 6.3 C a.m., Mori., Wed., Fri.