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 Tlnusdny. and Saturday. 9 a.m.; guard’s van, 1(1 a.m.; daily. 1 a.m.; also Nelson (letters only) Express goods train daily (except Saturday and Sunday) 4.43 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. Blenheim. Kaikoura, Clarence L> iclge. K-kerangu, and Secldon (via Parnassus) daily 6 a.m.; guard’s van, 7.55 a.m A.snourton. Geraldine, Temuka, Timaru, Wainiale, Oamaru, and Dunedin, express goods. Monday' to Friday 7 p.m.: late fee 1 ..-tiers. 7,45 p.m. Rakata. Ashburton, rimaru. Oamaru, Dunedin. Invercargill, and intermediate c.nce:- i expresses). Monday, Tuesday. '/edi esday, Thursday. Friday Saturday, ' .30 a.m . mail van 835 a.m Wednesday and Friday. 11.10 a.m.; late fee letters. 11.45 a m ; guard's van. 12.25 p.m Next dispatch for Great Britain. per Awatea from Wellington, closes 5.25 p.m. Tuesday. October 4. To-day (Thursday'). September 20
For North Island, at 5.25 p.m.: late fee letters 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van. 7.10 p.m Ir in Parcels, 5 p.m. Mails foi Nauru and Ocean Island, pci Lindenbank from Auckland, close at 5.25 pan.; late fee letters. 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 pan. train. By inland air mail !) a.m. Friday. September 30 Friday, September 30
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 Great Britain. Ireland, Canada (Eastern Provinces), Newfoundland, Australia, and East, due London October 13; also air-mail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by Empire air services, close by inland air mail, 9 a.m Outgoing Overseas Mails Mails for Canada. United States of America. Mexico, West Indies, also letters for Continent of Europe, via Vancouver, also Fiji, Fanning Island, Tahiti, and Hawaiian Islands, per Niagara from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.: late tee lettei 5,55 p.m.; guard's van. 7.10 p.m train Sat i day. October 1. Parcels. 4 p.m Frida) -- -ond-clnss matter, 5 n.m Salurda>
Cm i: nijundencc will also be accepted tor dispatch by air-mail services In Canada and United States of America, 'and also Honolulu-San Francisco-Pan American Airways service.
Mails for Japan and New Caledonia, per Kozan Maru from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van. 7.10 p.m. train, Saturday. October 1. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Monday, October 3.
Mails for Apia, Pago Pago, and Niue Island per Maui Pornare from Wellington, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train Monday. October 3.
Mails for Great Britain and Ireland. Canada and Newfoundland (letters only), due London October 20; also air mall correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply), served by the Empire air services, also all malls for Australia. Ceylon. India, China, Japan. Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy 'and Balkans, per Awatea from Wellington close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters. 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van. 7.10 p.m. train Tuesday. October 4. By inland air*mail, 9 a.m Wednesday, October 5.
Mails for Groat Britain, Ireland and Europe, due London November 8 (secondclass mails and parcels only), via Montevideo; also Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay. Falkland Islands. Bolivia, and Chile, per Port Melbourne at Lyttelton. close at 7 a.m.: late fee letters, guard’s van, 7.55 a.m. train. Tuesday, October 4. Mails for Chatham Islands, per Tees from Lyttelton, close at 9 a.m.; late fee letters guard’s van, 10 a.m. train. Wednesday. October 5. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe (second-class mails and parcels), due London November 16; also all mails for Central and South American Western States, Jamaica, via Panama, per Tamaroa from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.: late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van. 7.10 p.m. train. Tuesday. October 11. Incoming Overseas Mails Australian mall, ex Wanganella from Sydney, due September 29. Australian mall and English letter mall dispatched from London September 10 and 11. ex James Cook from Sydney, via Auckland, due September 30. English second-class and parcel mall, ex Remuera from London, due September 30. American and Canadian mail, ex Mariposa from San Pedro, via Auckland, due October 2. Australian mail, ex Maunganul from Sydney, due October 5. Air-Mall Services All letters and postcards for Great Britain, Ireland, and other British Empire countries, served by the Australia-Singapore-Engiand and the AustraliaSouth Africa-Englahd air services, also air mail letters and postcards for foreign countries at foreign air-mail rates in force from August 2. Next dispatch, per Awatea from Wellington, closes at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters. 5.55 p.m.; guard's van. 7.10 p.m. train Tuesdady. October 4. By Inland air mail, 9 a.m. Wednesday. October 5. Due London October 20. Air mails within New Zealand close at the Chief Post Office, Christchurch, daily, including Sunday: North-bound, 9 a.m.; south-bound, daily, noon. F. W. FURBY, Chief Postmaster,
Letter mails dispatched by the Maunganui from Wellington on September 7, and by the Mamari from Auckland on September 7, arrived in London on September 22, Letter mails dispatched by the Kakapo from Dunedin on September 8, and by the Opawa from Oamaru on September 8, arrived in London on September 24.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22519, 29 September 1938, Page 17
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