MAIL NOTICE

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 25, 29 July 1940, Page 14

MAIL NOTICE

=tMr". n-s. (e^- cept parcel malls) will be closer] under;! P°St °fflce' Wellington, 1 01,°^ „"«»» dose at Post Office, Te Aro, C 2 and Wellington East CS, and half-hourly 'prior «?» the *[ osiDS of m»ils at the Chief Post Office, between the hours of 9.30 am and 4.30 p.m (Mails for Auckland per "Ltailted" . express close at these offices at 4.30 p m ) etcl orsee Clfoo n tBnote m! S °f parcel »*"■." b'oota. OVERSEAS (OUTWARD). THURSDAY, AUGUST' 1. Australian States and countries via Australia, 11 a.m. Other overseas mails will be dispatched as opportunity offers. w TRANS-TASMAN AIR SERVICE. The closing time for mails from Wellington will he Saturday, noon, each week. Postage Rates.—Australia (including air services m Australia) : Letters, 5d each half-ounce: postcards, 3d. Egypt, Africa, and intermediate Empire countries: Is Ud each halfounce ; postcards, 9d. Foreign countries intermediate between Australia and Egypt: Special rates apply; inquire at Post Office. Note.—l'ostage rates include air services in Xew Zealand when necessary. TRANS-PACIFIC AIR MAIL. I The closing times for mails from Wellington will be at noon on alternate Thursdays. Next mail noon, Thursday, August 1. Postage rates:—Letters : Hawaii, 2s (id each half-ounce; United States and Canada (including air in America), 4s each half-ounce; Great Britain, lis 3d each halt-ounce. For further particulars apply at Post Office.

The advertised time lor closing mails after 4 p.m. refers to letter-mails only. Any commercial and printed papers, books, packets, newspapers, or parcels tor inclusion in such mails must be posted not later than 4 p.m.

INLAND MAILS. (Unless otherwise indicated, mails are closed daily.) BY AIR MAIL. Auckland, Hamilton, and Thames Districts Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m. Palmerston North and District.—Tuesday Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m. New Plymouth.—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m. Southern Offices (except Marlborough and Nelson districts). —Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10.20 a.m. Blenheim. —Monday to Saturday, 8.30 a.m., 1.30 p.m. Nelson, Greymouth, Hokitika, Westport, and Reefton. —Monday to Saturday, 6.35 a.m. Nelson. —Monday to Saturday, 10.45 a.m. Parcels for dispatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing of letter-mails. BY STEAMER. Nelson, 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. Nelson, Westport, and Havelock; letter-mails for Blenheim and Reefton; letter-mails for Greymouth (Tuesday and Thursday) ; lettermails for Picton (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) ; also 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.; at steamer, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per Matangi, 5 p.m. ;• C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m.; at steamer, 7.15 p.m. Southern Offices (except Marlborough and Nelson districts). —Monday, Wednesday, Friday, per Wahine, 5 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per Maori 5 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee, 6 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 C.P.O. 5 p.m.; late fee, (5 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 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. I

Gisborne and District.—Malls are closed C.P.O. 8.30 a.m.. 5 p.m. ; late fee C.P.0., 8.45 a.m., 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 9.30 a.m.

Napier and Hawke's Bay Districts.—Malls are closed C.P.O. at 8.30 a.m. and 5 p.m.; late fee C.P.0., 8.40 a.m., 6 p.m.; late fee railway, 9.30 a.m.

New Plymouth ancl Taranaki Districts.— Mails are closed C.P.O. at 9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5 ]).m. (letters only) ; late fee C.P.0., 9.lf> a.m., 2 p.m., G 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. Wanganui and District. —9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5 p.m.; late fee C.P 0., 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m.) G p.m.; late fee railway, 10.5 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Rangitikei District.—Mails are closed C.P.O. il a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5 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 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.—Malls are closed C.P.O. 7.30 a.m., 5 p.m., late fee C.P.0., 7.45 a.m., 0 p.m.; late fee railway. 8.20 a.m. Wairarapa District. —Mails are closed C.P.O. 2.30 p.m.. 5 p.m.. 8 p.m.; late fee C.P.O. 2.45 p.m.: late fee railway. 7.40 a.m. Inland parcel mails are closed daily at C.P.O. 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. (For' particulars of districts served, etc., ring 44-702 or 44-105, or call at counter.) Express transit parcels received up to time of closing letter-mails. Note.—Express transit parcels cannot be forward to Auckland by "Limited" express. F. G. NIXD. Chief Postmaster. Monday, July 29, 1940.