MAIL NOTICES

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22269, 7 December 1937, Page 17

MAIL NOTICES

(Supplied by the Postal Department.) Mails will close at the Chief Post Office, Christchurch, 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.; also Nelson (letters only). 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. 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, Geraldine, Temuka, Timaru, Waimate, Oamaru, and Dunedin, express goods 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. Best dispatch for Great Britain, Monterey, at Auckland, 5.25 p.m. Saturday, December 11. To-day (Tuesday), December 7 For North Island, 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 Japan, per Sydney Maru from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Wednesday, December 8. Mails for Australian States, South Africa, China, Egypt, India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, Italy, per Wanganella from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Wednesday, December 8. Connects with Australia-Singa-pore-England air mail service. Due London December 26. Wednesday, December 8 For North Island, at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels, 5 p.m. Outgoing Overseas Mails Mails for Australian States, per Waikouaiti from Bluff, close at 7.30 a.m.; guards van 8.35 a.m. train, Thursday, December 9 Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe, United States of America, Canada, via San Pedro, also Fiji, Apia, Pago Pago, Hawaiian Islands, Japan, and Tahiti, per Monterey from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m. train; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train Saturday, December 11. Second-class matter and parcels, Friday. Per inland air mail, 9 a.m. Monday, December 13. Due London January 9. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in Canada and United States of America. ,„*.,. * Great Britain, Ireland, Continent of Europe, Central America, South America, and South American Western States, via Panama. Parcels at noon, per Rangitata at Wellington, 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.50 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train Tuesday, December 14. By Inland air mail 9 a.m: Wednesday, December 15. Due London January 18. Incoming Overseas Mails Australian mail, ex Awatea from Sydney, due December 7. Australian mail, ex Wanganella from Sydney, via Auckland, due December 9. English and American mail, ex Niagara from Vancouver, via Auckland, due December 15. English mail, ex Rangitane from London, due" December 18. Air-Mail Services Air-mail correspondence for Great Britain, Ireland, Europe, Egypt, South Africa, and intermediate countries served by Australia-Singapore-England air mail. Nex dispatch, Wanganella from Auckland, closes 5.25 p.m. Tuesday, December 7. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Wednesday, December 8. Due London December 26. Air Mails Within New Zealand Airmails within New Zealand close at the Chief Post Office, Christchurch, daily, including Sunday: North-bound, 9 a.m.; south-bound, noon. W. J. MINOGUE, Acting-Chief Postmaster.