MAIL NOTICES

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22594, 27 December 1938, Page 11

MAIL NOTICES

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

“Arthur’s Pass, Otlra, Greymouth, 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, 7.53 a.m.

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.; mail 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 Awatea from Wellington, 7 a.m. Monday. January 2.

To-day (Tuesday), December 27 ■For North Island, 7 a.m.; late fee letters. guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. Wednesday, December 28 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 Pitcairn Island, Central and South American States, and Jamaica, via Panama, per Akaroa from Lyttelton, close at 11 a.m.; late fee letters, guard’s van, 12.10 p.m. train Friday, December 30. Malls 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 Walmarama 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 mall, 9 a.m. Monday. January 2. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland (letters only), due London January 16, 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 from Wellington, close at 7 a.m.; late fee letters, guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train Monday, January 2. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Tuesday, January 3. Mails for Great Britain and Ireland, via Cape Horn (second-class matter and parcels only), also letters, etc,, for Continent of Europe, due London February 10, per Zealandic from Dunedin, close at 11.10 a.m.; late fee letters, 11.45 a.m.; guard's van. 12.25 p.m. train Tuesday, January 3. 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. Mails for Canada. United States of America, Mexico. West Indies (all mail matter), also Europe (letters only), via San Pedro, also Fiji, Tahiti, Apia. Pago Pago, Hawaii, and Japan, per Monterey from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m,; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train Saturday, January 7. Secondclass matter and parcels, 5 p.m. Friday. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Monday, January 9. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in Canada and United States of America. Incoming Overseas Mails English letter and Australian mail, ex Awatea from Sydney, due December 27. Australian mail, ex Maunganui from Melbourne, via Bluff, due January 9. English second-class matter, American and Canadian mail, ex s.s. Niagara from Vancouver, via Auckland, due January 11. All Mall Services Air malls 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.