MAIL NOTICES.
Mails for the North close at Ashburton as follows:
Daily at 7 a.m. Monday 0n1y—4.30 a.m., 10.30 a.m.; late fee 10.55 a.m.; guard’s van - 11.10 a.m., 2.45 p.m.; late fee 3.10 p.m.; guard’s van 3.37 p.m. Tuesday to Friday (both included):. —10.30 a.m., iate fee at Post Office 10.55 a.m., late fee at Station, 11.10 a.m.; 5 p.m., late fee at Post Office 5.25 p.m., late fee at Station 5.56 p.m. Saturday ofijy—lo.3o a.m., late fee at Post Office 10.55 a.m.; late fee at Station 11.10 a.m.; and at 12.30 p.m. Wednesday . and Friday-only 2.45 p.m., late fee at Post Office 3.10 p.m.; late fee at Station, 3.37 p.m.
Monday to Friday (inclusive), 8 p.m. (letters only) Christchurch.
Mails for the South close as follows : ‘ 7f
Monday to Saturday—9.3o a.m., late fee at Post Office 9.55 a.m., late fee at Station 10.4 a.m.
Wednesday and Friday only—l.2o p.m., last fee at Post Office 1.45 p.m., late fee at Station 2.6 p.m.
Monday to Friday (inclusive), 8 p.m. (letters only), Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin and south of Dunedin.
Air-Mail Services.
Trans-Pacific air mail service closes at Ashburton Post Office, 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 5. Trans-Tasman air-mail service closes at- the Ashburton Post Office at 2.45 p.m., Monday, November 4. Air mails within New Zealand close at the Ashburton Post Office; North bound —Monday to Friday inclusive, at 8 p.m.; South bound—Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 a.m. and Monday and Wednesday at S p.m. Overseas Mails (Outward).
Mails for Australia and countries, via Australia will close at the Ashburton Post Office at 10.30 a.m., Wednesday, November 6.
Mails for overseas will be closed and forwarded as opportunity offers.
Christmas Mails.
It is not possible this year to furnish closing dates of Christmas mails for overseas, but the following information is supplied:—For Great Britain and Europe, suggested time of posting not later than October; America, November (last week); East (including Egypt) October; Australia, mid-December. Early posting is recommended in view of the uncertainty of transit time.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 17, 31 October 1940, Page 8
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335MAIL NOTICES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 17, 31 October 1940, Page 8
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