MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 May 1939, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under:— SATURDAY. MAY 20. Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe (second-class matter and parcels only), by California Star, 1 p.m.; late fee, 1.30 p.m. Mails reach London approximately June 28. ( MONDAY, MAY 22. Great Britain, Ireland and Continent - of Europe (second-class matter and parcels only); also letters,, etc., for Central America, Jamaica and South American Western States, via Cristobal, by Remuera, 3.30 p.m.; late fee, 3.45 p.m. Mails reach London approximately June 30. 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.) May 20. —S.S. Tekoa, from Liverpool, via Auckland: English parcel mail for Wellington, 60 parcel receptacles. May 23. —S.S. Awatea, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. May 24. —Muko Maru, from Miike, via Auckland: Eastern mail for Wellington, 4 bags. May 29. —R.M.S. Aorangi, from Vancouver, via Auckland: English secondclass matter, American and Canadian mail. English letter mail, which left Wellington on April 26 arrived at London May 11. English letter mails which left Wellington on April 27 and 28 arrived at London on May 13. AIRMAILS. Inland air-rnails will close at Master- . ton 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), 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 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. 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 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: 2Jd first ounce. IJd 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.