MAIL NOTICES

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22591, 22 December 1938, Page 15

MAIL NOTICES

(Supplied by the Postal Department.) Malls will close at the Chief Post Office Christchurch, as under:—

Arthur's Pass, Otira, Qreymouth, Westport, Hokitika. and other offices, daily, 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, Blenheim, Kaikoura, Clarence Bridge, Kekerangu. and Seddon (via Parnassus), daily 6 a.m.; guard's van, 7.05 ' Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka, Timaru, Waimate, Oamaru, and Dunedin, express goods, Monday to Friday, 7 p.m.; late fee letters, 7.45 p.m. Rakaia, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, and intermediate offices (expresses), daily. 7.30 a.m.; man van, 8.35 a.m. and 11.10 a.m.: late fee letters, 11.45 a.m.; guard's van, 12.25 p.m. Next dispatch for Great Britain, per Orford from Auckland, 5.25 p.m. Thursday. December 22. To-day (Thursday), December 22

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 Nauru Island, per Forresbank at Dunedin, close at 7 p.m.; late fee, 7.45 p.m.; guard's van, 11.2 p.m. train. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland (letters only), due London January 7; also air mail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply), served by the Empire air services, also all mails for Australia, Ceylon, India, China, Malaya, Egypt. East and South Africa, Italy, Balkans, per Orford from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guards van, 7.10 p.m. train. By inland air mail, noon, Saturday, December 24. Friday, December 23

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 Malls

Mails for Canada, United States of America Mexico, West Indies, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, and Falkland Islands (all mail matter), also Europe (letters only), via Vancouver, also Fiji, Hawaii, Fanning Island, and Japan, per Aorangi from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guards van, 7.10 p.m. train Saturday, December 24. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Monday, December 26. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in Canada and United States of America. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, and Newfoundland (letters only), due London, January 9, also air mail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply), served by the Empire air services, also all mails for Australia, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy, Balkans, per Awatea at Wellington, close at 7 a.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. Monday, December 26. By inland air mail, Tuesday, December 27, at 9 a.m. Mails for Great Britain and Ireland (second-class matter and parcels only), due London February 1, also letters for Continent of Europe, via Cape Horn, per Waimarama at Lyttelton, close Saturday, December 31, at 8 a.m.; guard's van, 8.50 a.m. train. Mails for Tonga, Cook Islands, and Samoa, per Matua from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train Saturday, December 31. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Monday, January 2. Mails for Chatham Islands, per Tees from Lyttelton, close at 9 a.m.; late fee letters, guard's van, 10 a.m. train Wednesday, January 4. Incoming Overseas Malls English second-class and parcel mail, ex Durham from Liverpool, via Auckland, due December 24. English second-class matter, American and Canadian mail, ex s.s. Monterey from San Pedro, via Auckland, due December 25. English letter mail and Australian, ex s.s. Orford from Brisbane, due December 25English letter and Australian mail, ex Awatea from Sydney, due December 27. Air Mail Services Air mails within New Zealand close at the Chief Post Office, Christchurch, daily, including Sunday: North-bound, 9 a.m., noon; south-bound, noon. G. CLARK, Chief Postmaster.