MAIL NOTICES

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22593, 24 December 1938, Page 24

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, daily., 9 a.m.; guard's van, 10 a.m.; daily, 1 a.rn.; also Nelson (letters only). Express goods train daily (except Saturday and Sunday), 4.45 p.m.; late fee, guard’s van b 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 G a.m.: guard s van, I.od a.m Ashburton, Geraldine, Temulta, Timaru. Waimate, Oamaru. and Dunedin, express goods, Monday to Friday, 7 p.m.: late lee letters, 7.45 p.m. Rakala, Ashburton. Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, and intermediate offices (expresses), daily, 7.30 a.m.; mail van, 8.35 a.m. and 11.10 a.m.; late tee letters. 11.45 a.m.; guard's van. 12.25 p.m. Next dispatch for Great Britain, per Awatea from Wellington, 7 a.m. Monday, December 26. To-day (Saturday), December 24 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 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.: guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Monday, December 2G. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by airmail services in Canada and United States of America Mails for Victoria, South and Western Australia and Tasmania, per Maunganui from Bluff, close at 3 p.m.; late fee letters, guard's van, 11.2 p.m. train Sunday. Monday, December 26 For North Island, late fee letters, guard’s van 7.10 p.m. train. 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. By inland air mail, Tuesday, December, at 9 a.m. Outgoing Overseas Mails Mails for Pitcairn Island, Central and South American States, and Jamaica, via Panama, per Akaioa from Lyttelton, close at 11 a.m.; late foe letters, guard’s van, 12.10 p.m. train Friday, December 30. Mails for Great Britain ana Ireland (second-class matter and parcels only), clue 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 Great Britain, Ireland (letters only), duo London January 16 also air mail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply), served by the Empire air services, also all mails fur Australia, Ceylon, India. China. Japan, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy, Balkans, per Awatea from Wellington, close at 7 a.m.; late foe letters, guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train Monday, January 2. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Tuesday, January 3. Mails for Chatham Islands, per Tecs 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 mall, ex Durham from Liverpool, via Auckland, due December 23. English second-class matter, American and Canadian mail, ex s.s. Monterey from San Pedro, via Auckland, due December 25. English letter mail dispatched from London December 3,4, 5, and 6, and Australian, ex s.s. Orford from Brisbane, due December 25. English 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. ARRIVAL OF AIR MAILS (PRESS ASSOCIATION TEI.EGRAM.) WELLINGTON. December 23. The English letter mail dispatched from Auckland on December 8 arrived in London on December 22. ■ The air mail dispatched from Auckland on December 6 arrived in London on December 19.