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 a.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 and New Caledonia, daily, 9.30 a.m.; United Kingdom, Eire, and Continent of Europe, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 9.30 a.m.; for Africa, Middle East, India. Iran, Iraq, Syria, China, Hong Kong, Malaya, and Netherlands East Indies, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. 9.30 a.m.; for U.S.A., Central America, West Indies, Canada, Newfoundland. per P.A.A., every Thursday, 9.30 a.m.; per 8.C.P.A., Wednesday, December 15. 9.30 a.m.; for Fiji, Wednesday. December 15, 9.30 a.m.; for Cook Islands and Tonga, Friday. December 24, 9.30 a.m.; for Norfolk Island, every Friday. 9.30 a.m. Surface mails for Australia, India, Ceylon. Egypt. Italy, and Balkan States, South and East Africa, and intermediate countries, Wednesday, December 22, 2 p.m.; for United Kingdom, Eire. Continent of Europe (except Italy. Balkan States). Friday, December 17, 2 p.m,; for Central American States, Friday, December 17, 2 p.rn.; for Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Falkland Islands, Friday, December 24, 10 a.m.; for United States. Canada, and Mexico, West Indies. Hawaii, Friday. December 24. 10 a.m.; Chatham Islands, »~>4uay, December 17, 7 a.m. Inward mails aid due at Christchurch Monday to Saturday inclusive; United Kingdom and countries on Empire air route, three times a week. From Australia by surface, December 15 (Port Lyttelton). December 21 (Wanganella): United Kingdom by surface. December 19 (Ceramic); U.S.A, and Canada, December 16 (Coral Stone). Surface mail dates approximate. D. R. THOMSON, Chief Postmaster.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25678, 15 December 1948, Page 4
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318MAIL NOTICES Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25678, 15 December 1948, Page 4
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