MAIL NOTICES
Mails close Christchurch, as follows: f ■» 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 and New Caledonia, daily, 9.30 a.m.; United Kingdom, Eire, and Continent of Europe, Tuesday. Thursday. and Saturday. 930 a.m.; for Africa. Middle East, India, Iran, Iraq. Syria. China. Hong Kong, Malaya, and Netherlands East Indies, Tuesday, Thursday, ana 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, 930 a.m.; for Fiji. Mondays and Fridays, 9.30 a.m.; for Cook Islands and Tonga. Friday. March 4. 930 a.m.; for Norfolk Island, every Friday 9.30 a.m. Surface mails for Australia, India, Ceylon, Egypt, Italy, and Balkan States countries Friday, February 25, 2 p.m.; for United Kingdom, Eire, Continent of Europe (except Italy. Balkan States). Saturday, February 26, 8 a.m.; parcels, Thursday. March 3, 10 a.m. Central American States, Saturday, February 26, 8 a.m.; for Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Falkland Islands. Saturday. February 26. 8 a.m.; for -United States. v. a hada, and Mexico. West Indies. Hawaii. Saturday, February 26, 8 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 Australia by surface. March 2 (Aorangi), United Kingdom by surface. March 4 (Port Dunedin): 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 25738, 25 February 1949, Page 6
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296MAIL NOTICES Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25738, 25 February 1949, Page 6
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