FIRST AIR MAIL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9430, 29 January 1921, Page 4

FIRST AIR MAIL

SERVICE TO ASHBURTON. INAUGURATION ON MONDAY. The -first. Royal Air Mail between Christchurch and Ashburton, andA^iburtpn an^jTimaru.wrillJbe inaugurated.' on. . . At f s. a .in.. ;the. r aeroplane will . a leave the Sockburn aerodrome, . arriving' at Ashburton about .8.40. j . The local landing-place has been an*: nounced as Mr T. Langley's paddock : Beach Road, where flying was carrier out during the. visit of Captain Di . Gray at the beginning of the year, 1 The aeroplane will unload its Christf church-Ashburton mail, and take, uj the local mails for Toma.ru, setting out. •immediately for the South. At Timaru the landing-place will be a paddock close to the racecourse at Wa^hdyke/ three miles from Timaru. It is profe- .-.- able that a postal officer will be a pasy senger on the machine leaving QiristPv church for Timaru on Monday morn*' ing.' ' .'. / " '■' •' !•• The first aerial mail will close for ■ Timaru correspondence at the Aehbur-i ton p^st office at 8 o'clock on Monday morning and foi Christchurch letters at 12 noon. . Letters should be ea-; . dorsed "Per Aerial Mail." No special stamp will be used. The postmaster an- ; . nounced to-day that the charges lor let-j "*• ters per aerial mail will be as follow:-^* For all letters, under 2oz. an additional 6d, making a total 'charge of 8d per;, letter ; for all letters p-ver 2oz. and un-; der 40z.,. an additional charge of 7d^ - i.e^, a total of 9d. The, object m thus, restrictinc 4 thfij ,; weights of letters is to curtau tn». sending of jheiavy matter by aerial mail*' r There will ;be no. facilities for late leisters. Ordinary postage' stamps will b* used. . ■ • ■ '■■■■' / '