MAIL NOTICES

Press, Issue 22599, 3 January 1939, Page 6

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, dally, 9 a.m.; guard’s van, 10 a.m.; daily, 1 a.m.; also Nelson (letters only). Express goods train dally (except Saturday and Sunday), 4,45 p.m.; late lee, guard s van, 6 p.m. Saturday, 5.25 p.m.; late fee, guard s van, 7.25 p.m. , Plcton. Blenheim, Kaikoura. Clarence Bridge. Kekerangu. and Seddon (via Parnassus), dally, 6 a.m.; guard’s van, 7.55 a.m. _ , Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka. Timaru, Waimatc, Oamaru, and Dunedin, express goods. Monday to Friday, 7 p.m.; late fee letters, 7.45 p.m. Rakaia, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru. Dunedin, Invercargill. £Wid 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 Wanganella from Auckland, 5.25 p.m. Wednesday, January 4. To-day (Tuesday), January 3

For North Island, 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m,; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels, 5 p.m. Wednesday, January 4

For North Island. 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 and Ireland (second-class matter and parcels only), due London February 6, also letters for Continent of Europe, via Cape Horn, per Waimarama at Lyttelton, close at 3 p.m.; guard’s van, 4 p.m. train. Mails for Great Britain. Ireland. Canada, Eastern Provinces, and Newfoundland (letters only), due London January 21, 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 Wanganella from Auckland. close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 6.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. By inland air mail, noon. January 5. Outgoing Overseas Mails

Mails for Chatham Islands, per Tees from Lyttelton, close at 9 a.m.; late fee letters, guard's van, 10 a.m. train Thursday. January 5. 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, JanUhry 9. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in Canada and United States of America. Mails for Great Britain and Ireland (second-class matter and parcels only), all mail matter for Chile, Bolivia, Central and South American States, and Jamaica, via Panama, per Rangitane from Wellington, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train Tuesday. January 10. By Inland air mall, noon Wednesday, January 11. Incoming Overseas Malls

English letter mall dispatched from London December 9 to 14 and Australian mail ex Narkunda from Brisbane, via Auckland, duo January 3.

English letter and Australian mall, ex Awatea from Sydney, due January 3, Australian mall, ex Maunganul from Melbourne, via Bluff, due January 9. English second-class matte! - , American and Canadian mall, ex s.s. Niagara from Vancouver, via Auckland, due January 11. Air-Mall Services Air malls within Ntew Zealand close at the Chief Post Office, Christchurch, dally, including Sunday: North-bound, 9 a.m., noon; south-bound, noon. G. CLARK. Chief Postmaster.