MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 May 1939, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— SATURDAY, MAY 6. Great Britain. Ireland, Canada, Eastern States, Newfoundland, Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa (letters only), (due London, May 22); also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply), served by the Empire air services, by Awatea (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Australian States, China, Japan, Malaya, South Africa and Norfolk Island, by Awatea (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail, noon, and second-class matter, 10.15 a.m. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Monday, May 8, 6.30 a.m. MONDAY, MAY 8. Chatham Islands, by South Sea, 8.30 а. late fee, 9 a.m. Great Britain and Ireland (secondclass matter and parcels only); also letters, etc., for Continent of Europe, via Cape Horn, by Port Gisborne, 3.30 p.m.; late fee, 3.45 p.m. Mails reach London approximately June 13. MONDAY, MAY 15. Canada, United States of America, Mexico, West Indies; also letters only for Continent of Europe, via Vancouver; also Fiji, Fanning Island, Tahiti, Japan and Hawaiian Islands, by Monowai (from Auckland), (letters only), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Sec-ond-class matter, 10.15 a.m. Mail closes at Auckland, 9 a.m., Tuesday; due Vancouver, June 2. Note: Newspaper rate of postage to United States of America is Id for each two ounces. Correspondence will also be accepted for airmail services in America; also Honolulu-San Francisco Pan-American Airways Service. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) May 6.—S.S. Awatea, from Sydney via Auckland; English letter mail and Australian mail. May 8. —M.V. Port Alma from London, via Auckland: English parcel mail. May 9. —M.V. Wanganella from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. May 13. —S.S. Mariposa, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English secondclass matter, American and Canadian mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on April 18 arrived at London May 1. 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 to 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.

NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. „ Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and rfil 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: 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 apply. M. M, SIMPSON, Postmaster. 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, Mangarnahoe, 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., We.d. and Fri. Bideford Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat. Homewood Private Eag 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., Mon., Wed., Fri. RURAL MAIL SERVICES. Kaituna, Matahiwi, 6.30 a.m., daily. Wangaehu, 10.15 a.m., daily. Rangitumau, 7.30 a.m., daily. Mount Bruce, 2 p.m., daily. Gladstone, Longbush, 2 p.m., daily. Westmere, Ngaurnu Road, 6.30 a.m., Tues, and Fri.