MAIL NOTICES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 23 September 1941, Page 1

MAIL NOTICES

<No mails close on Sunday) OVERLAND MAILS Richmond and Motueka —Daily 7 am. and except Sat., 2 p.m. Bnghtwater and Wakefield —Daily 7.30 a m. and noon. Tadmor and Glcnhope—Mon. 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 2 p.m. Collingwood—Daily 7 a.m. Murchison—Daily 7.30 a.m. Westport, Greymouth, Reel'ton. Gowan Bridge, Owen River—Daily 7.30 a.m. Korth Canterbury, Christchurch and all Southern Offices (letters only)— via Greymouth 7.30 a.m.; via Blenheim, 5.15 a.m. daily. Blenheim, Picton—Daily 5 a.m. and 8.15 a.m. Upper Moutere—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 Wellington— Arahura, Tnes., Sept., 23, 6 p.m Matangi, Wed., Sept. 24. 6 p.m. French Pass—As opportunity offers. AIR MAIL SERVICES WITHIN NEW ZEALAND Rates: Letters 3d each £oz; post cards 2d each. Wellington and Blenheim: 7.30 am. 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 connect with steamer express 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, 5d each half-ounce; postcards, 3d. Egypt, Africa and intermediate Empire countries, Is 6d each half-ounce, postcards Bd. Foreign countries intermediate between Australia and Egypt, special rates apply. Enquire at Post Office. The air service between Egypt and the United Kingdom is suspended. The most practicable alternative to sea transport for the full distance being 8s follows: — Air. —Surface to U S.A., air to United Kingdom, 2s 6d each ioz. Air.—New Zealand, New York only by trans-pacific air mail 4s each halfoz. Air. —New Zealand, United States of America, Great Britain, by trans-Paciflc and transatlantic air mail 5s 9d eacb JOZ. Air. —New Zealand, Australia, Capetown only, surface Capetown, United Kingdom, 1/6 each Joz. TRANS-PACIFIC AIR MAIL Next despatch closes Nelson 12.3 C p.m., Thursday, 25th September. Postage rates: setters —nawaii, as 6d each half ounce; United States of America and Canada, 4s each halfoz, Great Britain 5/9 each half-oz. Note. —Postage rates include air services in New Zealand when neces■ary. Other air services enquire at P.O. OVERSEAS MAIL Mails for Australian States and countries via Australia will be despatched as opportunity offers. Other overseas mails will be despatched as opportunity offers. CHRISTMAS MAILS FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND THE MIDDLE EAST To ensure delivery before Christmas, letters, newspapers, and parcels for Great Britain and the Middle East should be posted early. H. TREMEWAN, Chief Postmaster.