MAIL NOTICE

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 99, 23 October 1940, Page 12

MAIL NOTICE

Mails (except parcel mails) will be closed at Chief Post Office, Wellington, Cl, as under •— iAlails close at Post Office, Te Aro C 2 and Wellington East, C 3, and half-hourly prior to the closing of mails at the Chief Post Office, between the hours of 9.30 a m and 4.30 p.m. (Mails for Auckland per "Limited" express close at these offices at 4.30 p.m.) OVERSEAS MAILS (OUTWARD). THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24. Australian States and countries via Australia, 11 a.m. Other overseas mails will be dispatched as opportunity offers. CHRISTMAS MAILS TOR GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, ETC. It is not possible this year to furnish closing dates of Christmas mails for overseas but the following information is supplied:— Great Britain and Europe, suggested time of posting not later than mid-October; America, suggested time of posting, November (last week); East (Including Egypt), suggested time of posting, mid-October; Australia, suggested time of posting, mid-December. Early posting is recommended in view of the uncertainty of transit time. TRANS-TASMAN SERVICE. Mails will close at Wellington at 8 im Friday, October 25. Postage Rates.—Australia (including air services in Australia) : Letters, 5d each halfounce; postcards, 3d; Egypt, Africa, and intermediate Empire countries, Is 6d each halfounce : postcards, 9d. Foreign countries intermediate between Australia and Egypt, special rates apply. Inquire at Post Office. Note.—Postage rates include air services in New Zealand when necessary. TRANS-PACIFIC AIR MAIL. The closing times for mails from Wellington: Next mail, 8 p.m. Friday, October 25. Postage rates: Letters, Hawaii 2s 6d each half-1 ounce; United States and Canada (including air in America) 4s each half-ounce; Great Britain 5s 9d each half-ounce; For further particulars apply to Post Office. AIR-MAIL SERVICES TO GREAT BRITAIN.' Route.—Air New Zealand, Australia, Cape Town only (by trans-Tasman air mail or Australian dispatches), normal transit time, 32 days; postage rates (each half-ounce), Is 6d. Route. —xAlr Honolulu-New York only (as opportunity offers), normal transit time, approximately S weeks; postage rates (each halfounce), Is 9d. Route. —xAir Honolulu, United States of America, Great Britain (as opportunity offers), normal transit time, under 3 weeks; postage rates (each half-ounce), 4s. Route. —Air New Zealand-New York only (by trans-Pacific air mail), normal transit time, approximately 2 weeks; postage rates (each half-ounce), 4s. Route. —Air New Zealand, United States of America, Great Britain (by trans-Pacific and transatlantic air mail), normal transit time, 12 days; postage rates (each half-ounce), 5s 9d. xConnectlons uncertain, letters accepted at sender's risk. F. W. MATHEWS, Chief Postmaster. Wednesday, October 23, 1940.