MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 June 1939, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES

dispatches from masterton. I Mails will be closed at the Post Office, Masterton, as under: — THURSDAY, JUNE 29. Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, by Matua (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 10 a.m. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Friday, June 30, 6.30 a.m. SATURDAY, JULY 1. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (Eastern States), Newfoundland., Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa- (letters only), due London, July 17; 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 and South Africa, by Awatea (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 10 а. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Monday, July 3, 6.30 a.m. OVERSEAS MAIL (Inward). (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) July 2.—S.S. Awatea, from Sydney, via Auckland: English letter mail and Australian mail. July B.—S.S. Mariposa, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English second-class matter, American and Canadian mail. 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.in„ 8.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m. Parcels for despatch by air wlil be accepted up to the time of closing letter mails. New Plymouth.—Daily (except Sunday), 5 p.m. Reefton.—Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. Westport.—Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. 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. ljd 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.