MAIL NOTICE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 14, 17 July 1939, Page 12

MAIL NOTICE

For closing date of parcel mails, books, etc., see footnote. Mails (except parcel mail) will be closed at C.P.0., Wellington, Cl, and {between 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m.) at Post Offices, To Aro, C 2, and Wellington East, C 3, as under, except late fee. Next dispatch for Great Britain, Awatea, July 21, 5 p.m.; late fee, 7 p.m.; due London August 3. TUESDAY, JULY 18. Nauru Island, per Larchbank (from Dunedin), per inland air mail (Id per oz extra), 10.20 a.m. Central America, Jamaica, Chile, Bolivia, and South American Western States, via. Cristobal, per Westmoreland (from Lyttelton), per inland air mail (Id per oz extra), 10.20 a.m. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in North, South, and Central America, also West Indies. Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe (second-crlass matter and parcels only), via Cape Horn, per Empire Star (from Auckland), 1 p.m. Tarcel mall, noon. Mails reach London approximately August 19. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19. j Netherlands East Indies, per Tasman, .10 j v.m. C.P.O. late fee, 11 a.m. Parcel mail, iJ.ir. a.m. Second-class matter, 9.30 a.m. { Central America, Jamaica, Chile, Bolivia, nnd South American Western States, via Cristo- j bal, per Tehoa (from Auckland), 4.30 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m.; late-fee box Railway : Station, 7 p.m. Parcel mail, noon. Secondclass matter, 1 p.m. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in North, South, and Central America, also West Indies. FRIDAY. JULY 21. Great Britain, Ireland (letters only), due London August 3, 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; Ceylon. India, China, Malaya. Egypt. East and South Africa, Italy, and Balkans 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. SATURDAY, JULY 22. Parcel mails for Fiji. Pago Pago, Hawaiian I Islands, and America, per Mariposa (from Auckland), noon. United States of America, Canada, Mexico, West Indies, Argentine, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Falkland Islands, also letters for Continent of Europe, via San Pedro, Fiji, Apia, Paso Pago, Tahiti, Japan, and Hawaiian Islands, ! per Mariposa (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 ob- ' tamed by noon. Mail closes at Auckland 3 ! p.m. Monday; due San Pedro August 7. Note: i Newspaper rate of postage to United | States of America, %d for each two ounces, i Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in North, South, and! Central America, also West Indies; also per I inland air mail (Id per oz extra), Monday, I July 24, 11 a.m. ! INWARD. (Arrival dates approximate only.) July 18.— S.S. Mataroa, from London, via ! Auckland: English second-class matter and - parcel mall for Wellington; 77 bags, 52 parcel i receptacles. Due in office 7.30 a.m. July 18. —S.S. Gamaria, from Sydney, via Auckland: English letter-mail, Australian and beyond Australia mail; for Wellington: 70 bags, 11 parcel receptacles. Due in office 7.30 a.m. July 19.—M.V. Wanganella, from Sydney, via j Auckland: English letter mail, Australian and j beyond Australia mail for Wellington, 104 bags, j 71 parcel receptacles. ! July 20. —S.S. Awatea, from Sydney; English j letter mail and Australian mail. July 25. —R.M.S Niagara, rrom Vancouver, via Auckland: English second-class mail matter, American and Canadian mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on June 24 arrived London July 9. POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt, and all other British countries (except Australia), IVid each %oz, Australia and dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy, and all other foreign countries, 2V s d first ounce, l%d each succeeding ounce. Air-mail correspondence for foreign countries served by Empire Air Services, special rates apply. 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. Taurauga and Opotiki, daily, including Sundays, 11 a.m. Palmerston North and district, Monday to ■Saturday, 7.40 a.m. daily, including Sundays, 11 a.m. Hawke's Bay, daily, including Sundays, 11 a.m. Gisborne, daily, including Sundays, 11 a.m. New Plymouth. Monday to Saturday, 7.40 a.m., Sunday, 11 a.m. Southern offices (except Marlborough and Nelson district) daily, including Sundays, 10.20 a.ni. Blenheim, Monday to Saturday, 7.30 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 1.10 p.m., 1.13 p.m., Sunday, 11.15 a.m. Nelson, Monday to Saturday, 6.35 a.m., 10.15 a.m., 1.45 p.m., 2.30 p.m. . Sunday, 11.15 a.m. Greymouth, Hokitika, Westport, and Reefton, Monday to Saturday, 6.35 a.m. Parcels for dispatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing letter mails. BY TRAIN. Auckland and District.—Monday to Saturday mails aro closed C.P.O. 1.30 p.m., late fee S p.m., late feo railway 2.50 p.m., Sunday to Friday (letters only), mails are closed CPO. 5.15 p.m., late fee 6 p.m., late fee railway 7 p.m. Thames, Hamilton, and Main Trunk Districts.—Mails are closed C.P.O. 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m., late fee C.P.O. 2 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Gisborne aud District. —'Mails are closed C.P.O. 8.30 a.m., 5.15 p.m.; late fee C.P.O. 8.43 a.m.. 6 p.m.; late fee railway 9.30 a.m. Napier and Hawke's Bay District.—Mails are closed C.P.O. 8.30 a.m., 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee C.P.O. 8.45 a.m., 6 p.m., late fee railway 9.30 a.m. ! New Plymouth and Taranaki Districts.— Mails are closed C.P.O. 9 a.m., 1.30 p;m., 5.15 p.m. (letters only) ; lato fee C.P.0., 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 10.15 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, Friday (letters only), 3.15 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee '4 p.m. Wanganui and District.-—9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m.. 6 p.m., late fee C.P.O. 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m., 0 p.m., late fee railway 10.5 a.m. 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Rangitikei District. —Mails are closed C.P.O. 9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee C.P.O. 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m.; late fee railway 10.5 a.m., 2.50 p.m. Palmerston North. —Mails are closed C.P.O. 7.30 a.m., 9 a.m., 1»30 p.m., 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee C.P.O. 7.45 a.m., 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m., late fee railway 8.20 a.m., 10.5 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. . Manawatu District. —Mails are closed C.P.O. 7.30 a.m., 4 p.m., 0 p.m.; late feo C.P.O. 7.45 a.m., 4.15 p.m.: late feo railway 8.20 a.m Wairarapa District. —Mails are closed C.P.O. 0 a.m., 2.30 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee i C.P.O. 2.45 p.m., 4.15 p.m.; late fee railway! 7.40 a.m. BY STEAMER. Picton, Havelock, and Blenheim, via Picton, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tamahine, 1.30 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee 1.45 p.m.; steamer 2.30 n.m Nelson, Westport, and Havelock, letter mails for Blenheim and Reefton, letter mails for Greymouth, Tuesday and Thursday; letter mails fur Picton (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), also all mails for French Pass, Mondays and Wednesdays, and all mails for offices in Telorus Sound (Wednesday and Saturday) ; Monday Wednesday, Friday, per Kaitoa, 4.45 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee 5.15 p.m.; steamer 6 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per Arahura, 5.15 p.m.; CP.O. late fee C p.m.; steamer 7.15 p.m. Southern Offices (except Marlborough and Nelson district). —Monday, Wednesday, Friday, per Wahine, 6 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee 6.43 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per Maori, 6 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee 6.45; late-fee box at gates to Ferry Wharf 7.30 p.m. The advertised times for closing mails by steamers are liable to alteration. Tho public are earnestly requested to register all letters containing money or valuables intended to be sent by post. F. G. NIND. Acting Chief Postmaster. Monday, July 17, 1939.