MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1939, Page 10

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will close at Masterton Post Office as under: — Australia and Airmail, Thursday, August .31. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 30. Central America, Jamaica, Chile, Bolivia and South American Western States, via Cristobal, by Tongariro (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 10 a.m. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in North, South and Central America, also West Indies. Victoria, Western and South Australia and Tasmania, parcels only, via Melbourne, by Waitaki, via Bluff, 1 p.m. Apia, Pago Pago and Niue Island, by Maui Pomare, 8.30 a.m.; late fee. 9 a.m. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (Eastern States) and Newfoundland (letters only), due London September 14, also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Wanganella, 8.30 a.m.; 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, Wednesday, August 30, 3.30 p.m. OVERSEAS MAILS (Inwards). (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) August 29. —Wanganella, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. August 29.—Maunganui. from Sydney via Auckland. English letter mail. Australian and beyond Australia mail for Wellington, 45 bags. September 2. —Mariposa from San Pedro, via Auckland: English secondclass matter, American and Canadian mail. September 4. —Fordsdale from Liverpool. via Auckland: English parcel mail. English letter mails which left Wellington on August 3 and -I arrived at London on August 17. 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., 1 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), 3.30 a.rn., 5 p.m. Gisborne.—Monday to Friday, 6.30 a.m.; Saturday, 6.30 a.m., 5 p.m. i I Greymoi.ith —Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. | ' Hokitika.—Daily (except Sunday),! 3.30 p.m. I ' Invercargill.—Daily (except Sunday) iC 3.30 a.rn., 5 p.m. Napier.—Monday to Friday, 6.30 a.m.; I : Saturday, G. 30 a.m., 5 p.m. ‘ C Nelson—Daily (except Sunday), 6.30 j a.rn., 8.30 a m., 3 30 p.rn.

Nelson, 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. 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. 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: 21d first, ounce. ltd 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 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, 6.3(f a m., daily. South Island, 1 p.m., daily. Carterton, Greytown, Featherston, Martinborough, 6.30 a.m., 1 p.m., daily.