MAIL NOTICE

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 68, 14 December 1931, Page 14

MAIL NOTICE

Australian Out To-morrow VIA VANCOUVER TO-DAY Mails will close at Chief Post Office, Wellington, quid 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 letter-mails:— TO-DAY, Monday, December 14. Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe, United States of America, Canada, Mexico, West Indies, Argentine, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Falkland Islands, via Vancouver; also Fiji and Hawaiian Islands, per Niagara, at Auckland, 11.45 a.m. C.P.O. late fee 6 pan. Late-fee box outside Thorndon Station, I p.m. Money-orders must be obtained by 11 a.m. Mail closes at Auckland, 10 a.m. Tuesday; due London, January 14. Note. —Newspaper rate of postage to United States of America is }d. for each two ounces. Correspondence will also be accepted for despatch by air-mail service* in Canada and United States of America. ■ TUESDAY, December 15. Australian States: China. Japan, Straits Settlements, and South Africa, per Monowai, 2 p.m. C.P.O. late feb, 3 p.m. Parcel mail closes noon. THURSDAY, December 17. Australian States; Ceylon, India, Chinftj Japan, Straits Settlements, Egypt, South Africa, Norfolk Is., also air-mail correspondence (extra fee, 7d. per } oz.) for Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe, via Karachi-London air-mail (due' London, January 19) per Maunganui, at Auckland, 12.30 p.m. C.P.0., late; fee, 6 p.m,; Parcel mail closes Wednesday, 4 p.m. I’ Great Britain, Ireland, and Europa, for correspondence specially addressed per Northumberland; also Central America, British, French, and Dutch Guiana, Venezuela, Republic of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, and Bolivia, via Cristobal, per Northumberland, at Napier, 4 p.m. C.P.O. late fee, 5 pan. Mails reach London approximately January 25. Parcel mail closes 3 p.m. FRIDAY, December 18. Great Britain Ireland, and Europe specially addressed correspondence only, via Cape Hom, per Port Huon, 3 p.m. C.P.O. late fee, 4 p.m. Parcel mail close* 1 p.m. Mails reach London approximately January 24. - CHRISTMAS MAILS. The Christmas dispatch of mails fob Australian States, except Western Australia, will close at Wellington at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS , (Arrival times approximate only.) -.To-day.—R.M.S. Monowai, from San Francisco—English and American mail for Wellington, 525 bags, 41 parcel receptacles. Letter portion due office, 8.30 a.m. To-day.—S.S. Sonoma, from Sydney, via Auckland. Australian and beyond Australia mail for Wellington, 448 bags, 19 parcel receptacles. Letter pprtion due in office, 10. a.m. To-morrow —S.S. Maunganui, from Sydney. Australian mail for-Wellington, 101 bags, 90 -parcel receptacles. • December 16.—S.S. Tairoa, from Capetown, via New Plymouth; South African mail for New Zealand, 11 bags. December 16.—S.S. Kartigi, from Melbourne, via New Plymouth. Australian parcel mail for Wellington, 9 parcel reDecember 19.—S.S. Ventura from Loa Angeles, via Auckland —American mail. December 23. —M.S. Rangitane, from ; London—English mail. ; y - DAILY INLAND' SERVICES: '■ BY STEAMER. Picton. Havelock and Blenheim, via Pieton, per, Tamahine (Mon., Wed., Fri., 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 Pieton (Mon., Wed., Fri.), also all mails for offices m Pelorus Sound (Wed. and Sat.), Mon., Wed., and Fri,, per Matangi, 5 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m.; at steamer, 7.15 p.m. Tues., and Sat., per Arahura, 5 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m.; at steamer Southern offices of New Zealand (except Nelson and Marlborough districts), also Reefton, Westport, Mon.-, Wed., Fri., only; Mon., Wed., Fri., per Rangatira, 6 ‘p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6.45 p.m.; Tues., Thurs., Sat, per. Wahine, 6 p.m.i; C.P.O. late fee, 6.45 p.m.; late-fee box at gates to ■'■ ( Ferry Wharf, 7.30 p.m. J. M. McLEAN, Chief Postmaster Monday, December 14. METEOROLOGICAL * ■ ’ . ? Yesterday’s Reports The following reports are based on observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Wellington, at 4 p.m. yesterday:--Cape Maria—Bar., 29.97; ther., 70: N.H., strong breeze; overcast and hazy; sea moderate Auckland—Bar., 30.07; ther., 69; slight breeze; blue I sky and detached ‘ clouds. „ East Cape—Bar., 30.10; ther., 66; S.E., gentle breeze; overcast and gloomy; gentle breeze. „ Cape Egmont—Bar., 30.07; ther.. 72; N., moderate breeze; blue sky; sea smooth. Farewell Spit—Bar.. 30.06; ther.. 69; 8.. gentle breeze; blue sky: sea moderate. Wellington—Bar., 30.06; ther., 72; N., slight breeze; blue sky. Cape Campbell—Bar.. 30.03: ther.. 83; N.E., gentle breeze: blue sky: sea moderate. Greymouth—Bar., 30.06; tlier., 64: S.W., slight breeze: bine sky: sea considerable. Akaroa Lighthouse—Bar., 30.01; ther., 60; N.E., fresh breeze; blue sky: sea moderate. Pnysegur Point—Bar., 29.94; ther., 60; N.N.W., fresh breeze; blue sky: sea moderate. Chatham Islands—Bar., 30.23; ther., M; W.S.W.. gentle breeze: blue sky: sea moderate. Sydney—Bar., 29.55: E., gentle breeze; blue sky and detached clouds. Hobart—Bar., 29.61; S.W., gentle breeze; passing showers.