MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 July 1939, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON.' Mails will close at the Post Office, Masterton, as under: — SATURDAY, JULY 29. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (Eastern States), Newfoundland, Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa (letters only) due London, August 14; 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, Malaya and South Africa, by Awatea (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 10 a.m. Also per inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Monday, July 31, 6.30 a.m. MONDAY, JULY 31. Great Britain and Ireland (secondclass matter and parcels only), also letters, etc., for Continent of Europe, via Cape Horn, by Port Dunedin, 8.30 a.m.; late fee 9 a.m. Parcel mail and second class matter 1 p.m. Saturday. Mails reach London approximately September 5. Tonga, Apia and Pago Pago, by Matt- ' nganui, 8.30 a.m.; late fee 9 a.m. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1. Chatham Islands, by South Sea, 6.30 а. 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 Turakina (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee 10.45 a.m. Mails reach London approximately September 9. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. OVERSEAS MAILS (Inward). (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) July 29—S.S. Awatea, from Sydney, via Auckland: English letter mail and Australian mail. August S—S.S. Monterey, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English secondclass matter, American and Canadian mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on June 27 and 28 arrived at London on July 15. ' 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. Westport. —Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. Parcels for despatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing letter mails. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.

NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and all other British countries (except Australia), 1-Jd each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 21d first ounce, l.’.d 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.,(6.30 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 dafly. 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. I’inui, Whakataki, Castlepoint, 12.45 p.m., daily. finui Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri. Bideford Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m. Tues., Thurs., Sat. Homewood Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Mon., Wed., Fri. Stronvar Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m. Mon.. Thurs. I Te Wharau Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m.. Mon., Wed.. Fri. RURAL MAIL SERVICES. Kaituha. 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. Te Wharau, Land’s End, 6.30 a.m. Mon and Fri,