MAIL NOTICE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 131, 30 November 1939, Page 16

MAIL NOTICE

Mails (except parcel mails) will be closed at Chief Post Office, Wellington, Cl, as under:— Mails close at Post Office, Te Aro, C 2, and Wellington East, C 3, one half-hour prior to the Glosing of mails at the Chief Post Office, between the hours of 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Mails f6r Auckland , per "Limited" express close at these offices at 4.45 p.m.) For closing: times of parcel mails, books, etc., see footnote. • Overseas mails will be dispatched-"as opportunity offers. OVERSEAS AIR MAILS: RATES OF POSTAGE. Empire Air Services.—Great Britain, Ireland, Empire countries, Egypt, and -Irak, is 6d each '/ioz; foreign countries, special rates apply (minimum), Is 6d each %oz.Wpr further particulars inquire at any Post Office. Australia and Now Guinea:—lnternal services, 5d each United States of America.—lnternal ser-j vices, lOd each V2OZ. ■ . / ' kOther Air Services.—For particulars, inquire at any Post Office. Letters for Empire countries prepaid at the rate of 2d first y a oz are forwarded by best available surface dispatch. \ ' CHRISTMAS MAILS. For Australia.—lt is not possible, this year to furnish closing dates*of Christmas mails for' overseas, but the following information Is suppiled:—Suggested time of posting • not later than: Australia, mid-December. Early posting is recommended in view of the uncertainty of transit time. . ' INLAND MAILS. (Unless otherwise indicated, mails are closed daily.) BY AIR MAIL. Auckland, Hamilton, arid Thames Districts.— Daily, including Sundays, 11 a.m. Palmerston North and District.—Daily," including Sumlays, 11 a.m. New Plymouth.—Daily, including., Sundays, 11 a.m. Southern Offices {except Marlborough and Nelson District).—Daily, including Sundays; 10.20 a.m. ' , Blenheim, Monday to Saturday.—B.3o a.m., 3 p.m. Nelson and Reef ton.—Monday to Saturday; 6.35 a.m. . Nelson, Greymouth, Hokitika, Westport,. and Reefton.—Monday to Saturday, 10.45 a.m. Parcels for dispatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing letter mails. BY STEAMER^ : ■Picton, Havelock, and Blenheim, via Picton, per Tamahine (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), 1.30 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 1.45 p.m.; steamer, 2.30 p.m. ' ■ ■ 1 ■■•■.- • Nelson, Westport^ and Havelock.—.Letter mails for Blenheim and Reefton;. letter mails for Picton (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) ; also all mails for French Pass, Monday and Wednes-. day, 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 districts), Monday, Wednesday, Friday, per Rangatira, 6 p.nu; C.P.O. late fee, 6.45 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per Wahine,----6 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6.45 p.m.; late-fee box at gates to Ferry Wharf, 7.30 p.m. 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 to Friday (letters only), mails are closed p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 2 p.m., 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 7 p.m. Thames,- Hamilton, and Main Trunk Districts. —Maiis are closed C.P.O. 1.30 p.m., 5.15 , p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 2 p.m., 6 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.0., 5.45 a.m., 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 9.30 a.m. Napier and Hawke's Bay Districts. —Mails are closed C.P.O. 8.30 a.m. and 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m.; r late fee C.P.0., 8.45 a.m., 6 p.m".; late fee railway, 9.30 a.m. New Plymouth and Taranakl Districts.—Mails are closed C.P.O. 9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m. (letters only) ; late fee C.P.0., 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m.; late feo 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. . Wanganui 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., .(i p.m;; late fee .ra ilivay, 10.5 a.m., 2.50 p:m., 7 p.m. Ratißitikei District.—Mails arc closed C.P.0.., •fl 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.—Mails are closed C.P.O. ' 7.30 p.m., 9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m. ; late feo C.P.0.. 7.45 a.in., 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.0., 2.45 p.m., 4.15 p.m.; late fee railway, 7.40 a.m. Inland parcel mails are closed daily at C.P.O. \at 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., 3.30 p.m., 4.30 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 8 p.m. (For particulars of districts served, etc., ring 44-702 or 44-165, or call at counter.) Express transit parcels received up to time of closing letter 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 register all letters containing money or valuables intended to be sent by post. F. G. NIND, Chief Postmaster. Thursday, November 30, 1939. Fire destroyed a marquee at the Central District Mobilisation Camp, Trentharn, yesterday afternoon. The marquee, which is occasionally used for lectures, was not occupied yesterday.