MAIL NOTICES
Mails close C.P.0., Christchurch, as follows :
North Island offices, Monday to Fridays, 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;
Southern offices, Monday to Saturday. 7 a.m.; late fee, 8 a.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m., late fee 9 p.m. Overseas air mails close 11 a.m. (late fee noon) for Australia and New Caledonia daily. 11 a.m.; United Kingdom, Eire, and Continent of Europe, Tuesday, Thursday. Friday, and Saturday. 11 a.m.; for Africa. Middle East. India. Iran, Iraq. Syria. China. Hong Hong. Malaya, and Netherlands East Indies. Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 11 a.m.; for U.S.A., Central America. West Indies, Canada. Newfoundland. per 8.C.P.A.. Mondays. 1.30 p.m. (late fee 2 p.m.); Thursdays. 11 a.m. (late fee, noon): per P.A.A., Tuesdays, 11 a.m : for Fiji, Mondavs, 1.30 p.m., Fridays, 11 a m.; for Cook Islands. Samoa, and Tonga. Friday. August 19. 11 a.m.: for Norfolk Island, every Friday, 11 a.m.
Surface mails for Australia. India. Ceylon, Egypt. Italy, and Balkan States countries, Thursday. August 11. 2 p.m.; for United Kingdom. Eire. Continent of Europe (except Italy. Balkan States). Friday, August 19. 2 p.m. (parcels Thursday. August 25. 10 a.m.): Central American States. Friday, August 19. 2 p.m.; for Argentina. Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil. Falkland Islands, Monday, August 15. 2 p.m.: for United States. Canada, and Mexico. West Indies. Hawaii. Monday. August 15. 2 p.m.: Chatham Islands. Monday. August 15. 2 p.m. (letters surface rate, parcels air rate).
Inward mails are due at Christchurch Monday to Saturday inclusive: United Kingdom and countries on Empire air route three times a week. From Australia bv surface. August 10 (Monowai): United Kingdom (by surface). August 30 (Hertford): U.S.A., August 1? (Derryheen). Surface mail antes approximate. D. R. THOMSON, Chief Postmaster.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25878, 10 August 1949, Page 6
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333MAIL NOTICES Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25878, 10 August 1949, Page 6
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