Mail Notices

Northern Advocate, 9 May 1941, Page 4

Mail Notices

In future, the mail for Auckland which closes at Whangarei Post Office at 5 pm. will be restricted to letters only.

CORRESPONDENCE FOR EXPEDITIONARY FORCE The following postage rates have been fixed upon for correspondence addressed to New Zealand and all other soldiers, sailors and airmen of the British Empire on active service. Letters.—By surface transport: The inland letter rate (2d for the first oz. and Id for each succeeding ioz) will apply. Newspapers— The British Empire rate (£d for each 3oz) will apply. Parcels. —Parcels not more than 31b in weight, 1/-. Parcels not more than 71b in weight (maximum), 2/-. TRANSTASMAN AIR SERVICE Mails will be despatched as opportunity offers. The postage rates are as follow.— Australia (including air services in Australia): Letters, 5d each ioz; postcards, 3d. Great Britain, via Cairo and Capetown: Letters, 1/6 each ioz; postcards, 9d Egypt and Iraq: Letters, 1/6 each ioz; postcards, 9d. TRANSPACIFIC AIR SERVICE Postage rates: New Zealand-New Caledonia, 1/- each ioz; New ZealandCanton Island, 1/9 each ioz; N.Z.Hawaii, 2/6 each Joz; N.Z.-U.S. ,of America (including transit by air on the U.S. internal services), 4/- each ioz.; N.Z.-Great Britain and Europe (via U.S.A.), 5/9 each ioz. The charges for postcards will be half the charges mentioned above.

Air-mail Correspondence for New Zealand and Australian Soldiers, Etc., Overseas— Reduction in Postage. The air-mail postage rate on letters not exceeding a halt-ounce in weight lor New Zealand and Australian soldiers, sailors, airmen, etc., serving with the fighting forces anywhere overseas, is reduced from 1/6 to 9d. The postcard rate is reduced from 9d to sd. The following points are emphasised.— (1) The reduction applies only to letters to be forwarded by the Empire Air Service via Sydney. The reduced rates will therefore apply mainly to the fighting forces in (1) the Middle East and (b) the United Kingdom when forwarded via Capetown. (2) It applies only to letters not exceeding £oz in weight. Letters weighing over |oz must be fully prepaid at 1/6 for each Joz or fraction thereof, e.g., a loz. letter must be prepaid 3/-. SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER In future the closing time at Whangarei Post Office for all second-class mail matter for inclusion in mails for northern offices despatched after 4 p.m. will be 4 p.m. Second-class matter includes all matter not paid for at letter rates.