MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1939, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES

dispatches from masterton. 1 AUSTRALIA AND AIRMAIL TOMORROW. Mails will be closed at the Post Office, Masterton. as under: — 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 (frojn 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), Monday, July 3, 6.30 a.m. MONDAY, JULY 3. Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe (second-class matter and parcels only); also letters, etc., for Central America, Jamaica, Chile, Bolivia and South American Western States, via Cristobal, by Raranga (from Auckland), 5.0 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 10.15 a.m. Mails reach London approximately August 14. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Tuesday, July 4, 6.30 a.m. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5. Cook Islands, Tahiti and Tonga, by Maunganui (from Auckland), 5 p.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 10 a.m. THURSDAY. JULY 6. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (Eastern States) and Newfoundland i letters only), due London, July 20; also airmail correspondence for, foreign countries (special rates apply), served by the Empire air services, by Wanganella. 8.30 а. late fee. 9 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon. India. China. Japan, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa. Italy and Balkans, by Wanganella, 8.30 a.m.; late fee. 9 a.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter. 3.30 p.m. Wednesday. OVERSEAS MAIL (Inward). (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) July 2.—S.S. Awatea, from Sydney, via Auckland: English letter mail and Australian mail. July 4.—M.V. Wanganella, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. July 8 —S.S. Mariposa, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English second-class matter, American and Canadian mail. July 14.—S.S. Mataroa, from London, via Auckland: English parcel 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 a.m.; 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), , 6.30 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. Parcels for despatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing letter mails. New Plymouth.—Daily (except Sunday), 5 p.m. Reef ton.—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), lid each hall ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 21d 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 (.'LOSING HOURS. Wellington, Monday to Friday (letters only), 6.30 a.m.,j«.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, I p.m. Clareville, Lower Hutt, Petone, 6.30 a.m., daily. South Island, 1 pm., daily.