MAIL NOTICE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 12

MAIL NOTICE

For closing date of parcel mail, books, etc., see footnote.

Mails (except parcel mails) will be closed at CP-O"., Wellington, Cl, and (between 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m.) at Post Offices, Te Aro, C 2, and Wellington East, C 3, as under except late fee.

Next dispatch tor Great Britain, Oronsay. February ■6, 4.30 p.m. C.P.O. late fee, 5.30 p.m. Oue London February 20. SATUKUAX, FEBRUARY 4. Victoria, Western, ana South Australia, and | Tasmania, via Melbourne, per Maunganui I (from Bluff) (Wahine),,s p.m. C.P.O. late feel li p.m. Parcel mail 10 a.m. Second-class mat-1 ter 4.30 p.m.

Also per inland air mall (ld per oz extra), Sunday, February 5, 10.20 a.m.

Lulled aiatea ol America, uanada, Mexico, auu West Indies, also letters tor Continent ot Europe, via San Pedro, Fiji, Apia, Pago Pago, auu Hawaiian islands, per Mariposa (from, aucttiaud), e> p.m. C.P.O. tale tee. 0 p.m. Sunday. Late-fee box railway station, 7 p.m. (Sunday). -. Secona-class matter J p.m. (Saturday). Money-orders must be obtained Di noon. Mail closes at Auckland 3 o.m. Monday , due San Pedro February 20.

Note. —Newspaper rate ot postage to Uniteu States ot America is l%d for each two ounces.

Correspondence will De accepted tot dispatch by alr-mall services lv North. South, ana Central America, also West Indies. Also per inland all mall (10 per oz extra). .Monday. February 6. 11 a.m. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6. United States of America, Canada, Mexico, and West ' Indies; also letters for Continent of Europe, via San Pedro, Fiji, Apia, .Pago Pago, and Hawaiian Islands, per Mariposa, (from Auckland), per inland air mail (Id. per oz extra), 11 a.m. Mails due San Pedro: February 20. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by air-mall services In North, South, and Contral America, also West Indies. ■

Great Britain and Ireland (letters only), due London February 20, Australian States, per Oronsay, 4.30 p.m. CP.O. late fee 5.30 p.m. Parcel mail 3 p.m. Second-class matter 4 p.m.

Late-fee letters for Australian States only will be accepted at Wharf Post Office—closes d.15 p.m.

Central America, Jamaica, and South American Western States, via Cristobal, per Napier Star (from Auckland), 4.30 p.m., C.P.O. late fee 6 p.m. Parcel mail noon. Secondclass matter 1 p.m. Late-fee box Railway Station 7 p.m. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in North, South, and Central America, also West Indies.

Nauru Island, per Trienza ■ (frora Auckland), 5 p.m. C.P.O. late fee 0 p.m. Parcel mail noon. Second-class matter 1 p.m. Late-fee box Railway Station 7 p.m.

Also per Inland air mail (ld per oz extra), Tuesday, February 7, 11 a.m. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. Great Britain; Ireland, Canada, and Newfoundland (letters only), due London February 20, also air-mail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served j by the Empire air services, per Awatea, 3 p.m. CP.O. late fee 4 p.m. ; "

Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy, Balkans, and Norfolk Island, per Awatea, 3 p.m. C.P.O. late fee 4 p.m. Parcel mail, 1 p.m. • Second-class matter, 2.30 p.m. Late-fee letters for Australian States only will be accepted at Wharf Post Office—closes 4.45 p.m. - . ' FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. Great Britain and Ireland (second-class matter and parcels only) ; also letters, etc., for Continent of • Europe, via Cape Tlorn, per Waipawa (from Lyttelton), 5 p.m. C.P.O. late fee 6 p.m. Parcel mail 4 p.m. Secondclass matter, 4.30 p.m. Mails reach £ond_n approximately March 14.

NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt, and all other British countries (except Australia) l%d each %oz. Australia and dependencies Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy, and aU other foreign countries, 2%d first oz, l&d each succeeding iounce.The postage rates on all articles except letters I remain unchanged. i Air-mall correspondence for foreign cbunj tries served by Empire Air Services special rates apply. INWARD. (Arrival dates approximate only.) j February 6.— S.S. Awatea, from Sydney; English letter-mall and Australian mall. February 6.—R.M.S. Aorangi, from Vancouver, via Auckland. English second-class matter, American, and Canadian mail. For New Zealand, 1627 bags, 597 parcel receptacles. *' Letter portion due in office 10 a.m.

February 10.— S.S. Rangitiki, from London, via Auckland. English parcel maiL

February 14.— S.S. Awatea, from Sydney, via Auckland; English letter-mail and Australian mail.

February 18.— S.S. Monterey, from San Pedro, via Auckland; English, second-class matter, American and Canadian mail.

English letter mall whicn left Wellington on January 11 arrived at London on January 28. English letter mall which left Wellington on January 16 arrived London on January,3o. . J. MADDEN, j Chief , Postmaster. } Saturday, February 4, 1939.