NEW ZEALAND AIR MAIL

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21728, 10 March 1936, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND AIR MAIL

POINTS ABOUT THE NEW

SERVICE

EXAMPLES OF (JIHKF.R

TRANSIT

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ion are being brought much eiosc .together in a postal sense by the Government's deck-iotr to utilise the air where the accelerated service is desired by the sender. Man}- intermediate centres will also benefit. The imp'.'oved transit times thrrcgk this marked advance in men! s:rvice commencing on Monday. Marc. 16. have been worked on: in dcte:: as they apply in a iuve.e- r.umber oi' places in the Dominion, and this, irvfonmccUovv \; „Y_\Lreb\? en ?v~j*. offices. Tiie ai:-nia;l rat' oi 2d art otmc for ccrres.pond-_n.ee f- r usdhvery within New iferdrmd i; tv: a spechd surcharge, but is the totai pr-star.;-in respect to every arl.cle :r.warded by air. The ser\ ic :s - t limited to letters, b:., r?" be :::: - ised for any postal pa.ke: venec quicker dispatch justifies nayntc-t of 2d an ounce. Air-mail packets should be marked on the too left-hand come "By Air Mail." it is nnn-r.ant t . indicate the mode ci transit ir. a.idi.ion to paying a special ci'arg:. c air mail le, sorted and handle 1 separately and is dispatcher! .-. special bags of blue mated. Time-Saving Examples The saving in transit time v.n 1 vary according to the time oi ivrting and will be most marked u\ connexion with letters disrrvteded to distant cities. The time-saving ?? it will benefit Auckland mails dispatched overnight by express : ■ Paimerston North and then.ee sou:.: by air will amount to 20 hours mr letters to Christchurch. 27 hours : ■> 'Dunedin, and 24 hours to Invercargill. In the reverse direction. Ir.vercargill letters for Auckland will arrive 24 hours earlier when sent by air. Dunedinds air-mail advantage in communicating with Auckland will be 24 hours daily, exempt on Mondays for 7.30 a.m. to about 10.30 a.m. postings, which will shew an acceleration (compared with the train and steamer route) of 43 hours.

Invercargili correspondence *>r Christchurch, posted after 12.50 p.m.. will be accelerated by air mail from four to six hours: the gain in respect to all Wellington maii will be 15 hours; and to Auckland 24 hours.

One outstanding improvement arising from the use of aeroplanes on trunk routes is that customers of the post office will find their time-limits for posting extended very substantially. Missing the maii once meant 24 hours' delay m many long routes. For instance. by using the air after the normal mail from Christchurch for tho North Island has closed, there will be a gain (compared with waiting for the next mail) of 15 hours for postings up to about 12.30 p.m. r.->xt day for Wellington, and 24 hours on correspondence to Auckland. "Missing the mail 7 ' thus ceases to be a serious disadvantage—it involves only payment of 2d an ounce, and marking the letter "By Air Mail."

The aiv service between Hokitika and South Westland being the normal method of mail transport, no extra postage is necessary on this route. However, senders of correspondence to and from South Westland who wish to take advantage of the accelerated transit afforded brother air lines used by the post office in New Zealand will require to pay the general air-mail charge of 2d an ounce. In the meantime it is not practicable to use the East Coast route for air mails between Napier and Gisbornc. Air Mail For Overseas Letters Delivery in New Zealand of overseas correspondence can be facilitated if the senders pay Id an ounce in addition to the normal charge for postage in the country of origin. These letters should be marked on the left-hand top corner ~ "Bv Air Mail in New Zealand." This will ensure that immediately on arrival at any port used by overseas vessels for landing mails they will be sent forward by a suitable air-mail route.. The post office administrations in all parts of the world are being advised of this arrangement, but it is suggested that New Zealand correspondents should directly inform those with whom they itve in. contact. Philatelists have taken keen interest in every distinctive postal development, and will be given an opportunity of obtaining souvenirs of New Zealand's first regular official air mail, although there arc to be no special first-day covers. During the first week of the new service collectors who present air-mail correspondence at post offices may secure hand-dated impressions on the stamps, and this correspondence will be also dated with the time of receipt. New Zealand's air-mail stamps are of the Id, 3d. and 6d denominations, but ordinary postage stamps may be used for the special air-mail service

NAZIS DISFRANCHISE JEWS

+ BERLIN. March P. A new election law has been gazetted depriving ' full-blcocled Jews of a vote in the Keich>t?ii elections: but citizens with only two Jewish grandparents are enfranch ised.