MAIL NOTICE RAILWAY AND AIR SERVICES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 93, 21 April 1939, Page 12

MAIL NOTICE

For closing date of oarce) mail, books, etc., see footnote. Mails (except parcel malte) will be closed ai C.P 0., Wellington, C.I, and (between 9.30 a.m and 5 p.m.) at Port Offices Te Aro, C 2, and Wellington East, C 3, as under, except late fee. Next dispatch for Great Britain, Awatea, April 26, 5 p.m. C.P.O. late fee, 7 p.m. Due London May 11. SATURDAY, APRIL 22. Central America, Jamaica, Chile, Bolivia, and South American Western States, via Cristobal, per Tairoa, 4 p.m. C.P.O. late fee 5 p.m. Parcel mail noon. Second-class matt?r 3.30 p.m. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in North, South, and Central Ameiica; also West Indies. MONDAY, APRIL 24. Victoria, Western and South Australia, and Tasmania, via Melbourne, per Waitaki (from Bluff) (Rangatira), 5 p.m. C.P.O. late fee (i p.m. Parcel mail 2 p.m. Second-class matter 4.30 p.m. Also per inland air mail (Id per oz extra), Tuesday, April 2j, 10.20 a.m. . TUESDAY. APRIL 23. Central America, Jamaica, Chile, Bolivia, and South American Western States, via Cristobal, per Fordscdale (from Auckland), 8 a.m. C.P.O. late fee 6 p.m. Parcel mail Monday, 4 p.m. Second-class matter 7.30 a.m. At Railway Station 7 p.m. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in North, South, and Central America, also West Indies. WEDNESDAY, APKIL 26. Great Britain, Ireland, Ceylon, India, Egypt, and East Africa (letters only) (due London May 11) ; also air-mail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, per Awatea, 5 p.m. C.P.O. late fee, 7 p.m. Australian States, China, Japan, Malaya, South Africa, Norfolk Island, per Awatea, 5 p.m. C.P.O. late fee, 7 p.m. Parcel mail, 4 p.m. Second-class matter, 4.30 p.m. Great Britain, Ireland, Europe, ana South Africa (second-class matter and parcels only), per Dominion Monarch, 3 p.m. Parcel mail, 2.30 p.m. Due London approximately May 31. THURSDAY, APRIL 27. Great Britain and Ireland (letters only) (clue London May 13) ; also air-mail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) (served by the Empire air services, per Wanganella (from Auckland), 4.30 p.m. C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m. Late-fee box railway station 7 p.m. Australian States; Ceylon, India, China, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy, and Balkans, per Wanganella (from Auckland), 4.30 p.m. C.P.O. late fee 6 p.m. Parcel mail noon. Second-class matter 1 p.m. Latefee box railway station 7 p.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 29. Parcel mails for Fiji, Pago Pago, Hawaiian Islands, and America, per Monterey (from Auckland), noon. United States of America, Canada, Mexico, and West Indies; also letters for Continent of Europe, via San Pedro, Fiji, Apia, Pago Pago, Japan, and Hawaiian Islands, per Monterey (from Auckland). 8 p.m. C.P.O. late fee 6 p.m. (Sunday). Second-class matter 1 p.m. (Saturday). Late-fee box Railway Station 7 p.m. (Sunday). Money-orders must be obtamecJ by noon. Mail closes at Auckland 3 p.m. Monday; due San Pedro May 15. Kote,—Newspaper rate of postage to Dnlted States of America is %d for each two ounces. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in North, South, and Central America, also West Indies. Also per inland air mail (Id per oz extra) Monday, May 1, 11 a.m. INWARD. (Arrival dates approximate only.) April 24.—5.5. Awatea, from Sydney; English letter-mail and Australian mail. April 25. —S.S. Limerick, from Los Angeles ; American mail for New Zealand, 18 bags. April 27. —M.V. Wanganella, from Sydney, via Auckland; Australian mail. May 2. —X.M.S. Niagara, from Vancouver, via Auckland; English second-class matter, American and Canadian mail. May 3. —S.S. Taranaki, from Liverpool, via Auckland; English parcel mail. English letter-mail which left Wellington on March 30, arrived at London April 15. English letter-mail which left Wellington on April 3, arrived London April 17. POSTAGE KATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS. 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 all other foreign countries, 2%d first ounce, l%d each succeeding ounce. Air-mail correspondence for foreign countries served by Empire Air Services special rates apply. ANZAC DAY, APRIL 25, 1939. Postal. —All post offices will be closed in all branches. Mails outward —Inland : Mails for principal places close at S p.m. on Monday, April 24. Air mails: Air mails for dispatch by inland air services will close at the usual times set clown for the closing of Sunday morning air mails. There will be no afternoon dispatches. Street receivers: The usual night clearances will not be made on Monday, April 24, but will be made on Auzac Day, April 25. Postmen's deliveries: There will be no delivery by postmen, but correspondence may be obtained from the Postmen's Branch (first floor, main entrance, G.P.0.), between 7.30 and 5.30 p.m. on Monday, April 24; also at Kilbirnie and Wellington South (if usually delivered from those offices). Private box lobby: Open as usual. Telegraph.—Auckland, Christ church, Dunedin, and Wellington. 10 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. and 6.30 to 7.30 p.m. For other offices inquire at Telegraph Counter, dial 40-431, or see Postal Guide. Telephone Exchanges.—Principal exchanges will be open as usual. INLAND MAILS. (Unless otherwise indicated, mails are closed daily.) BY AIR MAIL. Auckland, Hamilton, and Thames districts, Monday to Saturday, 7.40 a.m. daily, including Sundays, 11 a.m. Tauranga and Opotiki, daily, including Sundays, 11 a.m. Palmerston North and district, Monday to Saturday, 7.40 a.m. daily, including Sundays, Hawke's Bay, daily, including Sundays. 11 Gisborne, daily, including Sundays, 11 a.m. New Plymouth, Monday to Saturday, 7.40 a.m., Sunday, 11 a.m. Southern offices of New Zealand (except Nelson district). daily, including Sundays, 10.20 Monday to Saturday, 7.30 a.m.,, 9.30 a.m., 1.45 p.m., 2.23 p.m.; Sunday. 11.1 a il' lx'elson, Monday to Saturday, 6.35 a.m., 10.45 a.m., 1.45 P-m.. 3.45 p.m.; Sunday, ll.lu alGreymouth, Hokitika, Westport. and Reefton. Monday to Saturday, 6.35 a.ni. Pircel3 for dispatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing letter ™ajJ^ D Acting Chief Postmaster. Friday, April 21, 1939.