MAIL NOTICE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1939, Page 16

MAIL NOTICE

, ♦■ ,' ■ For closing date of parcel mails,'books, etc., see footnote. Mails (except parcel mails) will be.closed at Chief Post Office, Wellington.~-Cl, as under:— ' Mails close at Post. Offices, Te Aro, C 2, and Wellington East, ,C 3, one half-hour-prior to the closing of; mails at the Chief Post Office, between the hours of 9.30 a.m. ■ and 5 p.m. (Mails for Auckland per "Limited" express close at these offices at 4.45 p.m.); Overseas mails will be dispatched as opportunity offers. .■ ■- OVERSEA AIR MAILS: RATES OF POSTAGE. Empire Air Service.—Great Britain, Ireland, Empire countries, Egypt, and Irak, Is 6d each Y 2 oz; foreign countries, special rates apply (minimum), Is 6d each Vioz. For further particulars inquire at any Post Office. Australia and New Guinea. —Internal services, 4d each %oz. • , United States of America.—lnternal services, 8d each %oz. - Other Air Services.—For particulars inquire at any Post Office. Letters for Empire countries prepaid, at the rate of lVsjd each %oz are forwarded by best availal^e surface dispatch. INLAND MAILS. (Unless otherwise indicated, mails are closed daily.) BY AIR MAIL. Auckland, Hamilton, and Thames districts, Monday to Friday, 7.40- a.m. daily, Including Sundays, 11 a.m. Tauranga and Opotiki, daily, including Sundays, 11 a.m. -^ Palmerston North and District, Monday toFriday, 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 Friday, 7.40 a.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m i Southern offices (except Marlborough and Nelson district), daily, including Sundays, 10.20 a.m. Blenheim, Monday to Saturday, 7.30 a.m., •9.30 a.m., 1.45 p.m., 3 p.m., Sunday, 11.15 a.m. Nelson, Monday to Saturday, 6.35 a.m., 10.45 a.m., 4.15 p.m., Sunday 11;15 a.m. Greymouth, Hokitlka, 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 are closed C.P.O. 1.30 p.m.; late fee, 2 p.m.; late fee railway, 2.50 p.m. Sunday lo Friday (letters only), mails are closed C.P.O. 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.0., 2 p.m., G p.m., late fee railway, 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Gisborne and District. — Mails are closed C.P.O. 8.30 a.m., 5.15 p.m.; late fee C.P.O. 8.45 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. and 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 8.45 a.m., 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 9.30 a.m. New Plymouth arid Taranaki Districts.— Mails are closed C.P.O. 9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m. (letters only); late fee C.P.O. 9.15 a.m., 2 pm., 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 10.15 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, Friday (letters only), 3.45 p.m.; C.P.O. late" fee, 4 p.m. Wanganul and District. —9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 9.15 a.m., 2 p m., 6 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.0., 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m.; late fee railway, 10.5 a.m\, 2.50 p.m. Palmerston North. —Malls 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.0., 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., 6 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 7.45 a.m., 4.15 p.m.; late fee railway, 8.20 a.m. Wairarapa District. —Mails are closed C.P.O. 6 a.m., 2.30 p.m., 4 p.m.. 6 p.m.; late fee 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, per Tamahine (Mon., Wed., Fri.), 1.30 p.m.*; C.P.O. late fee, 1.45 p.m.; steamer. 2.30 p.m. Nelson, Westport, and Havelock, letter mails for Blenheim and Reefton, letter malls for Greymouth, Tuesday and Thursday, letter mails for Picton (Monday, Wednesday, Friday); also all mails for French Pass, Mondays and Wednesdays, and all mails for offices in Pelorus 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 Matangi, 5.15 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee. 6 p.m.; steamer, 7.15 p.m Southern offices (except Marlborough and Nelson district). Monday, Wednesday. Friday, per Rangatira, 6 p.m.: C.P.O. late fee, 6.45 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per Wahlne, 6 p.m.; C.P.O lav fee, 6.45 p.m.: late fee box at gates Ferry Wharf, 7.30 p.m. The advertised times for closing mails by steamers are liable to alteration. The public are earnestly requested to register all letters containing money or valuables Intended to be sent by post. ■ F. G. NIND, , Chief Postmaster. Saturday, September 23, 1930...