MAIL NOTICES
Mails close C.P.0., Christchurch, as follows: North Island offices, Monday to Friday, 4.30 p.m.; late fee, 6 p.m.; Saturdays, noon; late fee, 6 p.m. West Coast: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 7 a.m.; express goods train daily, 2 p.m. West Coast offices and Nelson (letters only), rail-cars Monday to Friday, 11 p.m. (Sunday, 11 p.m.). Blenheim, Kaikoura, and Picton route, Monday to Saturday. 7 a.m.. and Monday to Friday, 4.30 p.m. Overseas mails will close at the Chief Post Office, Christchurch, as follows: Air mails close 9.30 a.m. (late fee 10 a.m.), for Australia. Monday to Saturday; for United Kingdom, Eire, and Continent of Europe and South America, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; for Africa, Middle East. India, Iran, Iraq. Palestine, Syria, China. Hong Kong, Malaya, and Netherlands East Indies, Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday; for USA., Central America, West Indies, Canada, Newfoundland, per P.A.A., Mondays, 9.30 a.m.; per 8.C.P.A., Thursdays, 9.30 a.m.; for Fiji, Thursday; for New Caledonia. Tuesday. July 8, 9.30 a.m.; for Cook Islands and Tonga, Thursday, July 10, 9.30 a.m.; for Norfolk Island. Tuesdays; N.Z.A.P.O. 222 and 333, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; Samoa, Thursday. Surface mails for Australia, India, Ceylon, Egypt, Palestine, Italy, and Balkan States, South and East Africa, and intermediate countries, Saturday, July 5, 8 a.m.; for United Kingdom. Eire, Continent of Europe (except Italy. Balkan States), Friday, July 4, 8 a.m.; Central American States. Friday. July 4, 8 a.m.; N.Z.A.P.O. 222 and 333, Tuesday, July 8, 1 p.m.; for United States, Canada, and Mexico, West Indies. Hawaii, Monday, July 7,2 p.m.; Chatham Islands, Tuesday, July 8,2 p.m. Inward mails are due at Christchurch as follows:—Trans-Tasman air mails, Monday to Saturday, inclusive; United Kingdom countries on Empire air route, three times a week from Australia by surface July 5; from United Kingdom, by surface, July 8; U.S.A, and Can3O. Surface mail dates approxiD. R. THOMSON, Chief Postmaster.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25227, 4 July 1947, Page 6
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312MAIL NOTICES Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25227, 4 July 1947, Page 6
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