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 p.m.; late fee guard’s van, 7.25 p.m. Picton, Blenheim, Kaikoura, Clarence Bridge, Kekerangu, and Seddon (via Hundalee), dally, 7 a.m.; guard’s van, 8.20 a.m.
Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka, Timaru. Waimate, Oamaru, and Dunedin, express goods, Monday to Friday, 5 p.m.; late fee letters, 6 p.m. Rakaia, Ashburton. Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, and Intermediate offices, expresses daily, 7.30 a.m.; late fep, 8 a.m,; mail van, 8.35 a.m.; Wednesday and Friday 11.10 a.m.; late fee, 11.45 a.m.; guard’s van, 12.25 p.m. Sunday only, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, and Intermediate offices (letters only), night express, 7.30 p.m.; guard’s van, 11 p.m. For North Island. 5 p.m.; late fee letters, 6 p.m.; guard’s van, 7.10 p.m.’ train. Parcels, 4.30 p.m. ■ Air Malls Within New Zealand
Air malls within New Zealand close at Chief Post Office, Christchurch: Northbound, Tuesday to Saturday, inclusive, 9 a.m.; south-bound. Monday to Friday, inclusive, noon. Trans-Tasman Air Mall Service Malls close this office, as opportunity offers. _ . Rates: Australia. 5d each Joz; British countries served by Empire air-mall services. Is 6d each Joz. United Kingdom air mail to Cape Town and surface to London, Is 6d each Joz. Foreign. countries, special rates, apply at Post Office. Trans-Pacific Air Mall Service Closes noon Friday, August 29. Rates: New Caledonia, Is each 1 Joz; Canton Island, Is ,9d each Joz; Hawaii, 2s 6d each Joz; United States. 4s each Joz; Hong Kong, 5s 3d each Joz; Great Britain, 5s 9d each Joz. Postcards, half letter rates, V. C. LAWN, Chief Postmaster.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23417, 26 August 1941, Page 5
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311MAIL NOTICES Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23417, 26 August 1941, Page 5
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