MAIL NOTICES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 4 August 1941, Page 1

MAIL NOTICES

(No mails close on Siuma> ' OVERLAND MAILS Richmond and Motueka —Daily 7 n.m and except Sat.. - p in. Brightwater and Waketield —Daily 7.31 and Git nhope- Mt n and Wed 6 a.m.. Thurs. and Fri. 3.45 p.m. Stoke—Daily 7 a.m. and (except Saturday) 3.15 p.m. Takaka—Daily 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Collingwood—Daily 7 a.m. Murchison—Daily 7.30 a.m. Westport, Greymouth, Recfton. Gowai Bridge. Owen River—Daily 7.30 am North Canterbury, Christchurch am all Southern Ofiiees (letters only) via Greymouth 7.30 a.m.; via Blen heim. 8.15 a.m. daily. Blenheim, Picton —Daily 5 a.m. anc 8.15 a.m. Lpper Moulcre —Daily 7 a.m., 3.15 p.m Lake Rotoiti—Mon., Wed.. Fri., 3 p.m COASTAL MAILS Wellington and North Island. Christchurch and offices south of Kaikoura via WeV'ngton— Matangi. Mon., Aug. 4. 6 p.m. No sailing Tuesday, Aug. 5. French Pass—As opportunity oilers. , AIR MAIL SERVICES WITHIN NEW ZEALAND Rates: Letters 3d each £oz; posl cards 2d each. Wellington and Blenheim: 7.30 a.m and 12.30 p.m., daily except Sunday. Auckland, Hamilton and Thames district, Palmerston North, and New Plymouth, Tuesday to Saturday, 7.30 a.m .Southern Offices, Christchurch Oamaru, Dunedin and Invercargill Monday to Friday, 7.30 a.m. Blenheim and Wellington (also North Island to connect with express a Wellington. and South Island to conned with steamer expres: at Wellington) daily (except Sunday). 12.30 p.m. Westport, Greymouth and Hokitika daily 7.30 a.m. (except Sunday). TRANS-TASMAN SERVICE Will be despatched as opportunity offers. Postage Rates.—Australia (including air services in Australia): Letters, 5c each half-ounce; postcards, 3d. Egypt Africa and intermediate Empire coun tries. Is 6d each half-ounce, postcard; 9d. Foreign countries intermediate between Australia and Egypt, specia rates apply. Enquire at Post Office. The air service between Egypt anc the United Kingdom is suspended. The most practicable alternative to sec transport for the full distance being a; follows: Air. —New York, Lisbon. United Kingdom. surface. New Zealand to New York 2/6 each 4oz. Air. —New Zealand, New York only by trans-pacific air mail 4s each halfoz. Air. —New Zealand, United States oi America. Great Britain, by trans-Pacific and transatlantic air mail 5s 9d each soz. —New Zealand, Australia, Cape town only, surface Capetown, Unitec Kingdom, 1/6 each Joz. TRANS-PACIFIC AIR MAIL Next despatch closes Nelson 12.3 C p.m., Tuesday 12th August Postage rates: Letters—Hawaii, 2s 6d each half ounce; United States ol America and Canada. 4s each halfoz, Great Britain 5/9 each half-oz. Note. —Postage rates include air services in New Zealand when necessary. Other air services enquire a' P.O. OVERSEA-. MAIL Mails for Australian States anc countries via Australia will be de spatched as opportunity offers. Other overseas mails will be de spatched as opportunity offers. H TREMEWAN. Chief Postmaster