Mail Notices

Northern Advocate, 21 November 1941, Page 4

Mail Notices

In future, the mail for Auckland which closes at Whangarei Post Office at 5 p.m. 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 lor each succeeding Vioz.) will anply. Newspapers.—The British Empire rate (Vzd for each 30z..i will apply. Parcels.—Parcels not more than 31b. in weight, 1/-. Parcels not more than 71b. in weight (maximum), 2/-. 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 mattei not paid for at letter rates. AIR-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE FOR NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS, ETC.. OVERSEAS Reduction in Postage The air-mail postage rate on letters not exceeding a half-ounce in weight for New Zealand and Australian soldiers, sailors, airmen, etc., serving with the fighting forces anywhere overseas, is reduced from 1/0 to Od. 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 (a) the Middle East and (b) the United Kingdom when forwarded via Capetown. (2) It applies only to letters not exceeding V2OZ. in weight. Letters weighing over tzoz. must be fully prepaid at 1/6 for each V2OZ. or fraction thereof, e.'g., a loz. letter must be prepaid 3/Airmail Letters for New Zealand and Other Prisoners of War Interned Abroad Reduced rates for letters not exceeding half-an-ounce now apply for transmission by the Transpacific Service as follows: Air mail all the way, New Zealand to Lisbon, 3/-. Air mail to New York, thence surface to Lisbon, 2/-. Surface to New York, {hence air mail to Lisbon, 1/-. TRANSPACIFIC AIR SERVICE Postage rates: —New Zealand-New Caledonia, 1/- each (ooz.; New Zealand-Canton Island, 1/9 each Vzoz.; New ZealandHawaii, 2/6 each ’/-oz.; New ZealandUnited States of America (including transit by air on the United States internal services), 4/- each ’/-oz.; New ZealandGreat Britain and Europe (via United States), 5/9 each ’,->oz. The charges for postcards will be half the charges mentioned above. TRANSTASMAN AIR SERVICE Mails will be despatched as opportunity otters. The postage rates are as follow: Australia (including air services in Australia): Letters, 5d each ’/-oz.; postcards. 3d. AIR MAIL TO FIJI Air postage rates for letters from New Zealand for Fiji will be as follows: Letters. 1/3 each half-ounce; postcards, lid each.