MAIL NOTICES
♦ (Supplied bv the Postal Department.) Mails will close at the Chief Post Office, riuistehuieh, 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.; dally, midnight; also Nelson (letters only), express goods train daily (except Saturday and Sunday). 4.45 p.m.; late fee, guards van, 6 p.m,; Saturday, 8 p.m.; late fee, guard’s van, 7.25 p.m. Picton, Blenheim, Kaikoura, Clarence Bridge, Kekerangu, and Seddon (via Hundalee), dailv 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. Rakala, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, and intermediate offices, expresses, daily. 7.30 a.m.; late fee, 8 a.m.; guard’s 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. Parcels, 4.30 p.m. Air Malls Within New Zealand Air mails 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 Mail Service Mails close this office as opportunity offers. Rates: Australia, 5d each Joz; British countries served by Empire air-mail 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 Mail Service Mails close as opportunity offers. Rates: New Caledonia, Is each Joz: Fiji, Is 3d 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 23512, 15 December 1941, Page 8
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298MAIL NOTICES Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23512, 15 December 1941, Page 8
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