MAIL NOTICES.

Evening Star, Issue 23620, 5 July 1940, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES.

(The under-noted times are at C.P.0.) Christchurch and northern offices: By airliner at 7 a.m., Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Wellington and North Island districts. and all northern offices: Monday, 7.30 a.m., Tuesday to. Saturday, 10.30 a.m. Parcels 9.30 a.m. Oamaru, Timaru, Christchurch, and West Coast: Monday. Wednesday, and Friday. 7.30 a.m., and Tuesday to Friday, 10.30 a.m.; Monday to Friday, 7 p.m.; Sunday, 10 p.m. OamarU only: Daily, 0.15 a.m. and 2.45 p.m. South Otago and Invercargill districts: Daily, 6 a.m., 3.30 p.m,, and 5.30 p.m. ' • , Invercargill and Gore: Saturday, 8 p.m. ■ ' _ Central Otago: Daily, 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. EVERY FRIDAY. Empire air mail, including Australia and foreign countries Served en_ route, but not beyond Egypt (per airliner, from Auckland); at midnight. SATURDAY, JULY 6. Australian States, at noon. TUESDAY, JULY 9. Australian States, at 9 a.m, (Parcels close at 8 a.m. Surface transport.) ’ Overseas mails are despatched as opportunity offers, TRANSPACIFIC AIR MAIL. The chief postmaster advises that the flight of the transpacific air mail carrying . mails will commence from Auckland on July 20, and fortnightly thereafter. The closing time at Dunedin has been fixed for 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 17. The rate for each half-ounce for letters for each of the countries is as follows: New Caledonia, Is; Hawaii, 2s 6d; United States of America, 4s; and Great Britain, 6s 3d. Postcards are charged half rates to the nearest complete Id. , N. R. MTsaac, • Chief Postmaster.