MAIL NOTICES

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21974, 24 December 1936, Page 17

MAIL NOTICES

(Supplied by the Postal Department.) Mails close as under:— Arthur's Pass, Otira, Greymouth, Westport. Hokitika, and other offices, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9 a.m.; guard's van, 10 a.m.; daily, 1 a.m. Express goods train daily (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 Panassus), daily. <i a.m.; guard's van, 7.55 a.m. Ashburton, Geraldim. Temuka, Tlmaru. Waimate. Oamaru, Dunedin, express good? train daily, 7 p.m.; late fee, 7.45 p.m. Rakaia. Ashburton, Timaru. Oamaru. Dunedin, Invercargill, and intermediate offices (expresses), Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 7.30 a.m.; 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 (Thursday), December 24 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, per Orford fi-om Wellington, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels 4 p.m. Saturday, December 26 For North Island and Nelson district, at 7 a.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train. Mails for Australian States, Egypt, Italy. India, Ceylon, China, Straits Settlements, and South Africa, per Awatea from Wellington, close per steamer express at 7 a.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train. Per inland air mail, 9 a.m. Monday, December 28. Connects with Australia-Singapore-England air-mail services. Due London January 14. Outgoing Overseas Mails Malls for United States of America, Canada, West Indies, Mexico, via New York, per Australind from Wellington, close at 5.25 p.m.: late fee letters. 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train, Monday, December 28. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, and j Continent of Europe, also Central America and South American Western States and Jamaica, via Panama, per Ruahine from Lyttelton, close at 9 a.m.; guard's van, 10 a.m. train Tuesday, December 29. Due London February 7. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe, also Canada, United States of America. Mexico, West Indies. Central America and South American Western States, Pitcairn Island, Jamaica, via Panama per Akaroa 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, Saturday, January 2. Parcels, noon. Per inland air mail, 9 a.m. Monday, January 4. Due London February 9. Mails for Chatham Islands, per Tees from Lyttelton. close at 9 a.m.; guard's van. 10 a.m. train Monday. January 4. Cook Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji, per Matua from Auckland, close per steamer express 5.25 p.m.: late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train, Saturday, January 9. Per inland air mail. 9 a.m. Monday, January 11. Mails for Great Britain. Ireland, and Continent of Eurone. United States of America. Canada. West Indies. and Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay. Falkland Islands, via Vancouver also Fiji. Hawaii, and Japan, per Niagara 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. January 23. Per inland air mail, 9 a.m Monday. January 25. Due London February 23 Correspondence will also he accepted for dispatch by air-mail services to Canada and United States of America Incoming Overseas Mails Australian mail, ex Kaiwarra from Sydney via Auckland, due December 26. Australian mail, ex Awatea from Sydney, due December 29. English mail, ex Tainui from London, due January 5. English and American mail, ex Aorangi from Vancouver, via Auckland, due January 19. 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 Awatea from Wellington, per steamer express, 7 a.m. Saturday, December 2G Per inland air mail, 9 a.m. Monday, December 28. Due London January 14. 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.