MAIL NOTICES
Mails close GP.O., Christchurch aS follows: —
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 pm.); Blenheim, Kaikoura, and Picton route, Monday to Saturday, 7 a.m., and Monday to Friday, 4.30 p.m. Overseas mails will ciose at the Chief Post Office. Christchurch, as follows: Air mails close 9.30 a.m. (late fee, 10 a in.), 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., Mondays and Wednesdays. 9.30 a.m.; per 8.C.P.A., Mondays and Thursdays, 9.30 a.m.; for Fiji, Mondays and Fridays, 9.30 a.m.; for Cook Islands and Tonga, Friday, February 18. 9.30 a.m.; for Norfolk Island, every Friday. 930 a.m. Surface mails for Australia, India. Ceylon, Egypt, Italy, and Balkan States countries. Monday, February 21, 2 p.m.; for United Kingdom. Eire. Continent of Europe (except Italy, Balkan States), Friday, February 18, 2 pm.; parcels Thursday, February 24. 10 a.m.; Central American States, Friday, February 18, 2 p.m.; for Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay. Brazil, Falkland Islands, Saturday. 26. 8 a.m.; for United States. Canada, and Mexico, West Indies, Hawaii. Saturday. February 26. 8 a.m.; for Chatham Islands, Friday, February 18. 7 a.m. Inward mails are due at Christchurch Monday to Saturday inclusive; United Kingdom and countries on Empire air route, three times a week. From Australii bv surface. February 25 (Mnnowai); United Kingdom by surface, March 9 (Tamaroa); U.S.A, and Canada, March 2 (Tridale). mid-March (Ventura). Surface mail dates approximate. D. R. THOMSON, Chief Postmaster.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25732, 18 February 1949, Page 6
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298MAIL NOTICES Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25732, 18 February 1949, Page 6
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