MAIL NOTICES ,

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22705, 9 May 1939, Page 15

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, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 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. Picton, 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 aim.; mall van, 8.35 a.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 11,10 a.m.; late fee letters, 11.45 a.m.; guard’s van, 12.25 p.m. Next dispatch for Great Britain, per fnpella from Wellington, 5,25 p.ra. Wednesday, May Id. To-day (Tuesday), May 9 For North Island, at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters. 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels, 4.30 p.m. Mails for Great Britain and Ireland (second-class matter and parcels only), due London June 8, also all correspondence for Continent of Europe, via Cape Horn, per Waiwera at Lyttelton, close at 1 p.m.; late fee letters, 2.10 p.m. train. Parcels, 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 10 For North Island, at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels, 4.30 p.m. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland. Canada, Eastern Provinces, and Newfoundland (letters only), due London May 25, 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 Wanganella at Wellington, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train, Wednesday, May 10. By inland air mail, Thursday, May 11, noon. Outgoing Overseas Malls Mails for Jamaica, per Mahana at Dunedin, close at 1.10 a.m.; late fee letters, 11.45 a.m.; guard’s van, 12.25 p.m. train, Friday. May 12. By inland air mail, no connexion. Mails for • Great Britain and Ireland (second-class matter and parcels only), due London June 17, also letters for Continent of Europe, via Cape Horn, per Otaio at Wellington, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train, Wednesday, May 10. By inland air mail, Thursday, May 11, 9 a.m. Mails for Canada. United States of America, Mexico, West Indies, also letters for Continent of Europe, via Vancouver, also Fiji, Japan, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fanning Island, per Monowai from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train. Saturday, May 13. By inland air mail, Monday, May 15. 5.25 p.m. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air mail services in Canada and United States of America. Mails for Central America, Jamaica, and South American Western States, Chile, and Bolivia, via Panama, per Northumberland at Wellington, close at 5.25 p.m.: late fee letters. 5.55 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m. train, Saturday, May 13. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Monday, May 15. 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, May 15. By inland air mail, 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 16. Incoming Overseas Mails English parcel mall, ex Port Alma from London, via Auckland, due May 9. Australian mail, ex Karetu from Sydney, via Bluff, due May 10. • English letter mail and Australian mail, ex Wanganella from Sydney, via Wellington. due May 10. English second-class and parcel mail, ex Rotorua from London, via Wellington, due May 12. English second-class matter and American and Canadian mail, ex Mariposa from San Pedro, via Auckland, due May 14. Air-Mail Services Air mails within New Zealand close at ihe Chief Post Office, Christchurch, dally, except Sunday: North-bound, 9 a.m., noon, and 5.25 p.m.; south-bound, daily at noon. Sunday: North-bound, 9- a.m.; south-bound, noon. G. CLARK, Chief Postmaster.