MAIL NOTICE

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 105, 28 January 1931, Page 12

MAIL NOTICE

Via Panama To-day

AUSTRALIAN OUT TO-DAY

Mails will close at Chief Post Office, Wellington, and between 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at Te Aro and Courtenay Place Post Offices, as under, except late fee. Packet and newspaper mail closes half an hour before the time of closing ordinary lettermails:—

TO-DAY. - Wednesday, January 28. Victoria, Western and South Australia and Tasmania, via Melbourne, per Wairuna, 2 p.m.: C.P.O. late fee, 3 p.m. Parcel mail closes 1 p.m. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air mail services in Australia. Air mail fee, in addition to postage, 3d. per Joz. Great Britain, Ireland and Europe, for correspondence specially addressed “per Huntingdon”; also Central America, British, French and Dutch Guiana, Venezuela, Republic of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia, via Cristobal, per Huntingdon, 3 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 4 p.m. Parcel mall closes 2 p.m. Malls reach London approximately March 4.

FRIDAY. January 30. Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe, for' correspondence specially ’ addressed per Rangitiki; also Central America, British, French, and Dutch Guiana, Venzuela, Republic of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, and Bolivia, via Cristobal, per Rangitiki, at Auckland, 12.30 p.m. C.P.O. late fee 6 p.m., at Thorndon Station 7 p.m. Parcel mail closes Thursday, 4 p.m. Mails reach London approximately ’March 5. The next dispatch to Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe, via Vancouver, closes on Monday, February 9, per R.M.S. Aorangl. Great Britain, Ireland and Europe (due London March 7; also air-mall correspondence extra fee 7d. per }oz.), via KarachiLondon air-mail (due London March 4), (correspondence to be marked “via Australia”), per Marama, 1 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee 2 p.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, Japan, China, Straits Settlements, Egypt and South Africa, per Marama, 1 p.m.; late fee C.P.O. 2 p.m. Parcel mail for Australian States and East closes 11 a.m. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in Australia. Air-mail fee in addition to postage 3d. per ioz. MONDAY. Great Britain, Ireland and Europe, United States of America. Canada, Mexico, West Indies, Argentine, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Falkland Islands, via Vancouver; also Fiji, Apia, Pago Pago and Hawaiian Islands, per R.M.S. Aorangl at Auckland, 11.45 a.m.; C.P.O. late fee 6 p.m. Malls due London March 12. Note.—Newspaper rate of postage to United States of America is fd. for each two ounces. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services In Canada and United States of America. Air mail fee in addition to postage, 4d. per ioz. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS (Arrival times approximate only.)

To-day—S.S. Marama, from Sydney, via Auckland; Australian mail for Wellington. 20 bags, 13 parcel receptacles. Letter portion due in office 16 a.m. To-day—S.S. Maheno, from Melbourne, via Bluff; 2 bags, 3 parcel receptacles. Jan 29.—5.5. Ruapehu, from London, via Auckland; English mail. Feb. 3.—S.S. Maunganul, from Sydney; Australian mail. Feb. 9.—R.M.S. Makura, from San Francisco ; English and American mail.

DAILY INLAND SERVICES BY STEAMER. Picton, Havelock and Blenheim, via Picton, Saturday, per Tamahine, 11.45 a.m.; C.P.O. late fee, noon; steamer, 1 p.m.; Monday, Wednesday, Friday, per Tamahine, 1.45 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 2 p.m.; steamer; 2.45 p.m. Nelson and Havelock,, letter-mails .for Blenheim, Reefton and Westport, let-ter-mails for Picton (Mon. and Wed.), also all mails for offices in Pelorus Sound (Wed. .and Sat.), Mon., Wed., Fri., per Matangi, 5 p.in.; C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m.; steamer, 7.15 p.m.; Tues., Thurs., Sat., per Arahura, 5 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m.; steamer, 7.15 p.m. Southern offices of New Zealand (except Nelson and Marlborough districts), also Reefton, Westport, Mon., Wed., Fri, only; Mon., Wed., Frt, per Wahine, 6 P.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6.45 p.m.; Tues., Thurs., Sat., per Maori, 6 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6.45 p.m.; late-fee box at gates to Ferry Wharf. 7.30 p.m. THIS DAY. Westport, per Komata, Wednesday, January 28, 9.45 a.m. C.P.O. late fee 10 a.m. Blenheim, per Opawa, Wednesday. January 28, 2.45 p.m. C.P.O. late fee 3 p.m. J. M. McLEAN, Chief Postmaster, Wellington, Wednesday, January 28. METEOROLOGICAL YESTERDAY’S REPORTS. The following reports are based on observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Wellington, at 4 p.m. yesterday:— Norfolk Island.—Bar., 20.88; ther., —; N., slight breeze; blue sky. Cape Maria.—Bar., 29.84; ther., 75; N., moderate breeze; cloudy, hazy; sea smooth. Auckland.—Bar., 29.87; ther., 74; N.N.E., moderate breeze; overcast. East Cape.—Bar., 29.95; ther., 74; N.W., gale; overcast, hazy; sea moderate. Cape Egmont.—Bar., 29.86; ther., 71; N., moderate breeze; cloudy; sea moderate. Napier.—Bar., 29.80; ther., 82; N.W., gentle breeze; blue sky, hazy, sea moderate. . Farewell Spit.—Bar., 29.80; ther., 77; N., fresh breeze; overcast; sea moderate. Stephens Island.—Bar., 29.76; ther., 60; N.W., fresh breeze; overcast; sea moderate. Wellington—Bar., 29.74; ther., 63; N„ fresh breeze; overcast; sea moderate. Cape Campbell.—Bar., 29.69; ther., 69; N. t fresh breeze; overcast; sea rough. Greymouth.—Bar., 29.69; ther., 60; N.W., gale; steady rain; considerable swell. Akaroa Lighthouse.—Bar., 29.52; ther., 72; N.W., gentle breeze; gloomy; sea smooth. Nugget Point.—Bar., 29.58; ther., 54; S., fresh breeze; foggy; sea moderate. Puysegur Point.—Bar., 29.69; ther., 48; calm; misty, steady rain; sea moderate. Chatham Islands. —Bar., 29.86; ther., 64; N., gentle breeze: overcast; sea moderate. Sydney.—Bar., 30.01; ther., —; S., strong breeze; cloudy. Hobart, 9 a.m—Bar., 30.24; ther., —; E.N.E., light breeze; blue sky and detached clouds.