MAIL NOTICES

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22662, 17 March 1939, Page 19

MAIL NOTICES

(Supplied by the Postal Department.) Malls will close at the Chief Post Office. Christchurch, as under: — Arthur’s Pass, Otira, Greymouth, Westport. Hokitika, and other offices, daily, at 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. Plcton, Blenheim, Kaikoura, Clarence Bridge, Kekerangu, and Seddon (via Parnassus), daily, 7 a.m.; guard’s van, 8.20 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 am.; mail van, 8.35 am.; Wednesday and Friday, 11.10 am.; late fee letters, 11.45 am.; guard’s van, 12.25 p.m. Next dispatch for Great Britain, per Awatea from Wellington, at 5.25 p.m., Monday, March 20. To-day (Friday), March 17 For North Island, at 5.25 pm.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 pm. train. Parcels, 5 pm. Saturdy, March 18

For North Island, at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 pm.; guard’s van. 7.10 pm. train. Parcels, 5 pm. Mails for all States of South America, via Montevideo, per Port Darwin from Wellington, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters. 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 740 p.m. train. By inland air mail, 9 am. Sunday, March 19. Mails for Great Britain and Ireland (second-class matter and parcels only), due London April 18, also hitters for Continent of Europe, via Cape Horn, per Empire Star at Lyttelton, close at 9 am.; guard’s van, 10 a.m. train. Mails for Canada, United States of America, Mexico, West Indies, also letters for Continent of Europe, via Vancouver, also Fiji, Hawaii, and Fanning Island, per Niagara 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, noon Monday, March 20. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in Canada and United States of America. Mails for Victoria, Western and South Australia and Tasmania (via Melbourne), per Maunganui at Bluff, close at 8 p.m. (letters only 7.30 p.m. Sunday); late fee letters, 11.2 p.m. train, guard’s van, Sunday night. Outgoing Overseas Mails

Mails for Chatham Islands close at 9 a.m.; guard’s van, 10 a.m. train, Monday. March 20.

Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Eastern Provinces, and Newfoundland (letters only), due London April 6, also air-mail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, also all mails for Australia, Ceylon. India. Japan. China, Malaya, Egypt. East and South Africa, Norfolk Island. Italy, Balkans, per Awatea from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.: late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train Monday. March 20. By inland air mail, 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 22. Mails for Apia, Pago Pago, and Niue Island, per Maul Pomare from Wellington, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters. 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van. 7.10 p.m. train Monday, March 20. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Tuesday. March 21. Incoming Overseas Mails

English second-class matter, American and Canadian mall, ex Mariposa from San Pedro, via Auckland, due March 19. English letter mall and Australian mall, ex Awatea from Sydney, via Wellington, due March 21.

English parcel mail, ex Fordsdale from Liverpool, via Auckland, due March 24. Air-Mail Services Air malls within New Zealand close at the Chief Post Office. Christchurch, daily: North-bound, 9 a.m., noon; south-bound, noon.

G. CLARK. Chief Postmaster.

Advice has been received that letter mails dispatched by the Pierre L. D. from Auckland on February 25 arrived in London on March 11. Malls dispatched by the Awatea from Wellington on February 28 arrived in London on March 13.