MAIL NOTICE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 147, 19 December 1930, Page 14

MAIL NOTICE

Malls will clo»e at Chief Post Office, Wellington, and (between 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m.) at Post Offices, To Aro and Courtenay place, as under, eicept late fee. 1 Packet and newspaper mall closes half an hour before the time of closlns ordinary letter malls. OVERSEA MAILS. OUTWARD.' SATURDAY, 20th DECEMBER. Victoria, Western and South Australia, and Tasmania, via 'Melbourne, por Maheno, 11 a.m., C.P.O. late fee noon, at steamer 12.45 p.m. Parcel malls for above States, also South Africa, Egypt, India, and Ceylon close Friday, 4 p.m. Correspondence, will also be accepted for dispatch by air mall services In Australia.

MONDAY, 22nd DECEMBER,

Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe, for correspondence specially addressed per Westmoreland; also Central America, British, French, and Dutch Guiana, Venezuela, Republic of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, and Bolivia, via Cristobal, per Westmoreland 3 p.m., C.P.O. late fee 4 p.m. Parcel mail closes noon. Malls reach London approximately 28th January. The next dispatch to Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe, via San Francisco, closes Tuesday, 30th December, per R.M.S. Makura. TUESDAY, 23rd DECEMBER. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, Egypt, South Africa, and Norfolk Island; also Air Mall correspondence (extra. fee 7d per %oz) for Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe, via Karachi-London Air Mail (due London 28th January), per Maunganui, at Auckland, 12.30 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m.; at station, 7' p.m. Parcel mail closes Monday, 4 p.m. Correspondence will also bo accepted for dispatch by air mall services In Australia. WEDNESDAY, 24th DECEMBEBR. Fiji, Tonga, Apia, Pago Pago, and Honolulu, per Tofua, at Auckland, 8 p.m. Parcel mall (except Honolulu) closes 5 p.m. TUESDAY, 30th DECEMBER Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe, United States of America, Canada, Mexico, West Indies, Argentine, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Falkland Islands, via San Francisco; also Cook Islands and Tahiti, per R.M.S. Makura, 2 p.m. Mall due London 29th January. Note.—Newspaper rate of postage to United States of America Is %d for each two ounces. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air mail services in Canada and United States of America. During Christmas Week, to ensure dispatch by mails as advertised correspondence should be posted early. INWARD. (Arrival dates approximate only.) 22nd' December. —S.S. Kaponga, from Newcastle ; Australian mail for Wellington, 38 bags. 23rd December.—S.S. Ulimaroa, from Sydney, Australian mail. 2oth December.—R.M.S. Rangitiki, from London, via Auckland. English mail for New Zealand : 500 bags, 700 parcel receptacles. 30th December.—R.M.S. Niagara, from Vancouver, via Auckland, English and American mail.

INLAND MAILS,

By Steamer. (Unless otherwise Indicated, mails close daily.) Picton, Blenheim, and Havelock, via Picton, per Tamahine, Saturday, 11.45 a.m.; C.P.O. lato feo, noon; at steamer, 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 1.45 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 2 p.m.; at steamer, 2.45 p.m. Nelson and Havelock letter-mails for Blenheim, Reefton. md Westport J letter mails for Picton (Mon. and Wed.); also all mails for offices In Felorus Sound (Wed. and Sat.) ; Mon., Wed., Fri., per Matangi, 5 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m.; steamer, 7.15 p.m.; Tueß., 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) Mon., Wed., Fri. per Wahlnb, 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. Trench Pass, per Nlkau, Saturday, 20th December, 3.45 p.m. C.P.O. late fee, 4 p.m. By Train. Auckland and District.—Monday to Saturday, 12.30 p.m.; late feo C.P.0., 1 p.m.; late fee railway, 1.50 p.m. Sunday to Friday (letters only), 5 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 6 p.m.; lata fee railway, 7 p.m. Parcels, 11 a.m., 3 p.m. Thames, Hamilton, and Main Trunk Districts. —6 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 5 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 1 p.m., 6'p.m.; late fee railway, 7.40 a.m., 1.50 p.m., 7 p.m. , . Gisborne and District.—B a.m.; late fee C.P.O. r 8.30 a.m.; late fee railway, 9.10 a.m. Hawkes Bay District.—B a.m., 12.30 p.m., 4 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 8.30 a.m., 1 p.m., 4.15 p.m.; late feo railway, 9.10 a.m., 1.50 p.m. Napier.—B a.m., 12.30' P.m., G p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 8.30 a.m., I p.m.: lato feo railway, 9.10 a.m., 1.50 p.m. Now Plymouth and Taranakl District—9 a.m., 12.30 p.m.; lata fee C.P.0., 1 p.m.: late fee railway, 9.45 a.m., 1.50 p.m. Wanganul and District.—9 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m.; lata fee C.P.0., 1 p.m.; lato fee railway, 9.45 a.m., 1.50 p.m. Rangitik ' District.—9 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 4 p.m.; lato fee C.P.0., 1 p.m., 4.15 p.m.; late fee railway, 9.45 a.m., 1.50 p.m. Palmerston Jj'orth.—7.3o a.m., 9 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m.; lato fee C.P.0., 1 p.m.: late fee railway 8.10 a.m., 9.45 a.m., 1.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Manawatu District;—7.3o a.m., 4 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 4.15 p.m.; lato fee railway. 8.10 a.m. Walrarapa District.—3 a.m., 6 a.m., 3 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 3.15 p.m.: lato fee railway. 7.45 a.m., 4.10 p.m. Inland parcel malls close dally at C.P.O. at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. (for Palmeraton North 4 p.m.), and at To Aro and Courtenay place 10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Express transit parcels recolved up to timo of closing lotter mails. Note. —Express transit parcels cannot be forwarded to Auckland by "Limited Express." The advertised times for closing mails by steamers are liable to alteration. The. public are earnestly requested to refleter

all letters containing money or valuables intonded to be sent by post. All books and sample packets and newspapers must be posted at this office half an hour before the time of closing ordinary letter .'nails. Books, sample packets, and newspaper mai!3 rlose at Courtenay place and Te Aro Post Offices at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., 4< ".m., nnd 5 p.m. daily. Unless otherwise specified, registered letters must be handed in and money orders obtained one hour before the time of closing ordinary mails, a.m., 1.50 p.m J. M. M'LEAN, Chief Postmaster. Briday, lath December.