MAIL NOTICE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1939, Page 14

MAIL NOTICE

Mails (except parcel mails) will be closed at Chief Post Office, . Wellington, Cl, as under: — _ Mails close at Tost Office, To Aro, C 2, and Wellington East C 3, one half-hour prior to the closing of mails at the Chief Post Office,' between the hours of 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Mails for Auckland, per "Limited" express, close a; these offices at 4.45 p.m.) For closing times of parcel mails, books, etc., see footnote. Overseas mails will be dispatched as opportunity offers. OVERSEAS AIR MAILS: RATES OF r POSTAGE. | Empire Air Services.—Great Britain, ' Ire--1 land, Empire countries, Egypt, and Irak, Is 6(1 ' each ; foreign countries, special rates apply ', (minimum), Is 6d each %oz. For further par- ' tlculars inquire at any. Post Office. ; Australia and New Guinea. —Internal ser- , vices, 5d each United States of America. —Internal ser- ■ vices, lOd each %oz. . Other Air Services—For particulars. Inquire at any Post Office. 1 Letters for Empire countries prepaid at the ', rate of 2d first Vioz are forwarded by best available surface dispatch. ' CHRISTMAS MAILS. ; For Australia. —It is not possible this year to furnish closing dates of Christmas mails for overseas, but the following information is supplied :—Suggested time of posting not later than: Australia, mid-December. Early posting is recommended in view of the uncertainty of transit time. • " INLAND MAILS. * (Unless otherwise indicated, mails are closed y ' daily.) BY AIR MAIL. Auckland, Hamilton, and Thames Districts.— Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m. Palmerston North and District. —Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m. New Plymouth.—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m. Southern Offices (except Marlborough and Nelson district). —Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10.20 a..m\ Blenheim. Monday to Saturday.-—S.3O a.m., 3 p.m. Nelson and Reef ton. —Monday to Saturday, 0.35 a.m. Nelson, Greymouth, Hokltika, Westport, and Reefton. —Monday to Saturday, 10.45 a.m. Parcels for dispatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing letter mails. BY STEAMER., Picton, Havelock, and Blenheim, via Picton, per Tamahine (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), 1.30 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 1.45 p.m.; steamer, 2.30 p.m. Nelson, Westport, and Havelock.—Letter mails for Blenheim and Reefton; letter mails for Picton (Monday, Wednesday, Friday); also mails for offices in Pelorus Sound (Wednesday and Saturday); Monday, Wednesday, Friday, per Arahura, 5.15 p.m.*: C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m.; steamer, 7.15 p.m. /Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per : Matangi, 5.15 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m.; steamer, 7.15 p.m. Southern Offices (except Marlborough and Nelson districts), Monday, Wednesday, Friday, per Rangatira, 6 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6.45 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per Wahine, 6 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6.45 p.m.; late-fee box at gates to Ferry Wharf, 7.30 p.m. BY TRAIN. Auckland and District. —Monday to Saturday, mails are closed C.P.O. 1.30 p.m.; late fee, 2 p.m.; late fee railway, 2.50 p.m. Sunday to Friday (letters only), mails are closed C.P.O. 5.15 p.m.; late fee 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 7 p.m. Thames, Hamilton, and Main Trunk Districts.—Mails are closed C.P.O. 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 2 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Gisborne and District.—Mails arej closed C.P.O. 5.30 a.m., 5.15 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 5.45 a.m., 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 9.30 a.m. Napier and Hawke's Bay Districts.—Mails are closed C.P.O. 8.30 a.m. and 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m. ; late fee C.P.O. 8.45 a.m.,. 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 9.30 a.m. New Plymouth and Taranaki Districts.—Mails are closed C.P.O. 9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m. (letters only); late fee C.P.O. 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 10.15 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday (letters only), 3.45 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 4 p.m. Wanganui and District. —9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m. 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 10.5 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Rangitikei District.—Mails are closed C.P.O. 9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m.; late fee railway, 10.5 a.m., 2.50 p.m.. Palmerston North. —Mails are closed C.P.O. 7.30 p.m., 9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee. C.P.O. 7.45 a.nk, 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m.,: 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 8.20 a.m., 10.5 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Manawatu District.—Mails are closed C.P.O. 7.30 a.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 7.45 a.m., 4.15 p.m.; late fee railway, 8.20 a.m. > Wairarapa District—Mails are closed C.P.O. 6 a.m., 2.30 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 2.45 p.m., 4.15 p.m.; late fee railway, 7.40 a.m. Inland parcel mails are closed daily at C.P.O. at 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., 3.30 p.m., 4.30 p.m.. 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 8 p.m (For particulars of districts served, etc, ring 44-702 or 44-155, or call at counter.) Express transit parcels received up to time ■of closing letter mails. Note.—Express transit parcels cannot be forwarded to Auckland by "Limited Express." The advertised times for closing mails by steamer are liable to alteration. F. G. NIND, Chief Postmaster. Wednesday, December 6, 1939.