MAILS FOR BRITAIN.
FREQUENT BUT IRREGULAR. i l (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, August 6. In replying to an inquiry about the frequency of surface mail dispatches between New Zealand and Great Britain, the Postmaster-General (the Hon. P. C. Webb) stated that a frequent if somewhat irregular service was being maintained. During the last two months there had been 15 mail dispatches to Great Britain, seven in June and eight in July. The greatest interval between dispatches was 11 days. Naturally, in. the conditions now obtaining, the transit time for mails between New Zealand and Great Britain varied considerably, but the average transit time was about 40 days. Transit times of 35 days were, however, not. uncommon. There had been instances of mails reaching England in 33 and even in 32 days.
Mr Webb added that the position was much the same for surface mails from Great Britain to New Zealand. Mails were being received with reasonable regularity, and transit times ranged from five to seven weeks.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 257, 7 August 1940, Page 2
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