MAIL NOTICES
(Supplied by the Postal Department) Malls close as under:— Arthur’s Pass, Otfra, Greymouth, Westport, Hokitika, and other offices, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9 a.m.; guard’s van, 10 a.m.; dally. 1 a.m. Express goods train dally (except Saturday and Sunday), 4.45 p.m.; late fee guard’s van, 6 p.m.; Saturday, 5.25 p.m.; late fee, guard’s van, 7.25 p.m.; also Nelson (letters only). Picton and Nelson (letters only), Blenheim, Kaikoura, Clarence Bridge, Kekerangu, and Seddon (via Parnassus), daily, 6 a.m.; guard’s van, 7.55 a.m. Ashburton, Geralding, Temuka, Timaru, Waimate, Oamaru, Dunedin, express goods train daily, 7 p.m.; late fee. 7.45 p.m. Bakala, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, and intermediate offices (expresses), Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday. Friday. Saturday, 7.30 am.; mail van, 8.35 a.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 11.10 a.m.; late fee letters, 11.45 a.m.; guard’s van, 12.25 p.m. To-day (Tuesday), December 1 For North Island and Nelson district, at 5.25 p.m.: late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels, 5 p.m. Mails for Chatham Islands, per Tees from Lyttelton, close at 7.30 a.m.; guard’s van. 8.50 a.m. train. Malls for Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe, Central America. South American Western States, and Jamaica, via Panama, per New Zealand Star from Auckland, close per steamer express at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels, noon Monday. Per inland air mall, 0 a.m. Wednesday, December 2. Due London January 5. Wednesday, December 2 For North Island and Nelson district, at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels, 5 p.m. Mails for Australian States, Egypt, Italy, India, Ceylon, China, Straits Settlements, and South Africa, per Wanganella from Auckland, close per steamer express at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels, 4 p.m. Per inland air mail, 9 a.m. Thursday, December 3 Connects with Australia-Singapore-England air-mail services. Due London December 21. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe, Pitcairn Island, Central America, and South American Western States, and Jamaica, via Panama, per Mataroa from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5,55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels, noon Tuesday. By inland air mall, 9 a.m. Thursday, December 3. Due London January 7. Mails for Fiji and Tahiti, per Port Whangarel from Auckland, close per steamer express at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. Per inland air mall, 9 a.m. Thursday. December 3. Outgoing Overseas Mails Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe, United States of America, Canada, West Indies, and Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Falkland Islands, via Vancouver, also Fiji, Hawaii, and Japan, per Aorangi from Auckland, per steamer express, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train, Saturday, December 5. Per inland air mail, 9 a.m., Monday, December 7. Due London January 8. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services to Canada and United States of America. Mails for Japan, per Kelfuku Maru from Auckland, close per steamer-express at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van. 7.10 p.m. train Tuesday, December 8. Per Inland air mail, 9 a.m. Wednesday. December 9. Incoming Overseas Malls Australian mail, including air mail dispatched from London November 11 and 16, ex Awatea from Sydney, due December 1. Australian mail, ex Wanganella from Sydney, via Auckland, due December 4. English mail, ex Akaroa from London, due December 6. English and American mall, ex Makura from San Francisco, due December 8. Air-Mail Service Air-mail correspondence for Great Britain, Ireland, Europe, Egypt, South Africa, and Intermediate countries served by Australia-Singapore-England air mail. Next dispatch, per Wanganella from Auckland, per steamer express, 5.25 p.m. Wednesday, December 2. Per inland air mail. 9 a.m. Thursday, December 3. Due London December 21. Air Mails Within New Zealand Air mails within New Zealand close at the Chief Post Office. Christchurch; Northbound. 9 a.m.; south-bound. 10.10 a.m. F. W. FURBY, Chief Postmaster.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21954, 1 December 1936, Page 15
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