ASHBURTON POST OFFICE
EASTER HOLIDAY*
The hours of attendance at the Ashburton Post Office will be as follows: Thursday, March 25—Usual attendance: all branches, but counters open 7 p.m.-S p.m. as' on Fridays. Good Friday, March 26—Telephone Exchange: Open continuously; other branches, closed all day. Saturday, March 27 —Usual attendance in all branches, except that there will be no delivery by the postmen. Easter Monday, March 29—Telephone Exchange: Open continuously; telegraph branch, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; other branches, closed all day. Telegrams accepted at Telegraph Branch (first floor), between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mails for the principal offices close at 9 a.m. Street posting-boxes in the suburban and business areas will he cleared at 7.30 a.m.
Mails at Ashburton close at the following times:— „ , , North Island— Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 2 p.m., late fee at Post Office 3 p.m., guard’s van 3.37 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday/4 p.m., late fee at Post Office 5.30 p.m., guard’s van 6.5 p.m. Saturday: Noon. , . , Christchurch, Nelson, Blenheim and West Coast—Monday: 4 a.m., 7 a.m., 10 am, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday and Friday: 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday: 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday: 7 a.m. and noon. Late Fees: Monday to Friday, Post Office 7.45 a.m., guard’s van 8.15 a.m., Post Office 10.30 a.m.. guard’s van 1145 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, Post Office 5.30 p.m., guard’s van 6.5 p.m. Monaay and Friday, Post Office 3 p.m. f guard s van 3.37 p.m. ~ _ , o South— Monday to Friday 9 am. and 8 p.m., late fee at Post Office 9.30 a.m., guard’s van 10.4 a.m. Air Mail Services Trans-Tasman air mails close on Monday to Friday at 8 p.m., and Saturdays at n< Air mails within New Zealand close at the Ashburton Post Office: North bound Monday, Wednesday. Friday, at 2 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, at, 4 p.m.- Saturday at noon; Monday at 5 a.m.; Monday to Friday (inclusive), at 8 p.m. Southbound—Monday to Saturday - (inclusive). 7 a.m. Overseas Mails (Outward) Mails for overseas will be closed and forwa.rded as auportunity offers.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 135, 19 March 1948, Page 6
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