MAIL NOTICES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 48, 6 December 1940, Page 8

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails for the North close at Ashburton as follows: —

Daily at 7 a.m. Monday 0n1y—4.30 a.m., 10.30 jj.m.: late fee 10.55 a.m; guards van 11.10 a.m. 2.45 p^n.: late fee 3.10 p.m.; guards van 3.37 p.m. Tuesday to Friday (both included): —10.30 a.m., late 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 only—lo.3o a.m., late fee ate Post Office 10.55 a.m.: late fee at Station 11.10 a.m.; and at 12.30 p.m. Wednesday and Friday 0n1y—2.45 a.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 : 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 —1;20 p.m., late fee at Post Office 1.45 p.m., late fee at Station at 2.6 p.m. Monday to Friday (inclusive) 8 p.m. (letters only), Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin and south of Dunedin. Air Mail Services. Trans-Tasman air-mail service closes at the Ashburton Post Office at 7 a.m., Tuesday, December 10. Trans-Pacific airmail service closes, at the Ashburton Post Office at 7 a.m., Thursday, December 19. 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 8 p.m. , Overseas Mails (Outward). Mails for Australia and countries via Australia will close at the Ashburton Post Office at 7 a.n£, Thursday, December 12. 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 : —Australia , mid-Decem-ber. Early posting is recommended in view of the uncertainty of transit time.