MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 July 1939, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON.

Mails will close at the Post Office, Masterton, as under:—

Next dispatch for Great Britain: Awatea, July 12, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Due London July 27.

MONDAY, JULY 10.

Canada, United States of America, Mexico, West Indies; also letters only for Continent of Europe, via Vancouver, also Fiji, Fanning Island, Japan and Hawaiian Islands, by Monowai (from Auckland), (letters only), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Second-class matter, 10.15 a.m. Mail closes at Auckland, 9 a.m., Tuesday; due Vancouver, July 28. Note: Newspaper rate of' postage to United States of America is |d for each two ounces. Correspondence will also be accepted for airmail services in America, also Honolulu-San Francisco Pan-American Airways Service. TUESDAY, JULY 11. Apia, Pago Pago and Niue Island, by Maui Pomare, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9'a.m. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12. Cook islands, by Matua (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 10.15 а. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland (letters only), due London, July 27, also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Awatea. 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy, Balkans and Norfolk Island, by Awatea, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Parcel mail and secondclass matter, 3.30 p.m., Tuesday. THURSDAY. JULY 13. Central America, Jamaica. Chile, Bolivia and South American Western States, via Cristobal, by Tamaroa (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail, noon, and second-class matter, 10 a.m. Mails reach London approximately August 16. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. OVERSEAS MAIL (Inward). (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) July 10. —S.S. Awatea, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. July 14.—S.S. Mataroa, from London, via Auckland: English parcel mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on June 16 arrived at London on June 29. 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. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.

Parcels for despatch by air will 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), lid each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 2Jd 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. MASTERTON CLOSING HOURS. Wellington, Monday to Friday (letters only), 6.30 a.m.,(8.30 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:’ Melson, 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. I Homewood Private Bag Line, 6.30 ! a.m., Mon., Wed., Fri. I Stronvar Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m,, 1 Mon.. Thurs. Te Wharau Private Bag Line, 6.3 f 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, Ngaumu Road, 6.30 a.m., Tues, and Fri. Taueru, 6.30 a.m., daily. East Taratahi, 7 a.m., daily.