THE MAILS CARRIED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23687, 20 June 1940, Page 11

THE MAILS CARRIED

CANADA AND AMERICA LITTLE FOR UNITED KINGDOM MINISTER GIVES DETAILS [BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION'] WELLINGTON, Wednesday*' Details of mails on the Niagara were given by the Postmaster-General, the Hon. P. C. Webb. He said it comprised 50 bags of letters, 36 bags of parcels and 123 bags of other articles. The bulk of the mail nrn« for the United States and Canada. Except for some 700 letters, which wero to have been forwarded by air from Honolulu, the despatch did not include amy New Zealand mails for the United Kingdom or other parts of Europe. The detaiU were as follows: —United States: 19 bags of letters, 12 bags of parcels, 54 frags of other articles. Canada: 12, 11, 29. South America: 5, 0, 3. Honolulu: 3, 3, 2. Suva, 5, 5, 30. Tahiti: 1, 9, 2. Japan: 1, 0, 0. Fanning Island: 4, 3, 8. Philippine Islands: 0, 1, 0. Enclosed in one of the Honolulu bags were 600 letters for Great Britain, 89 for the United States, seven for Canada and one for France for onward transmission by air from Honolulu. New Zealand mails despatched by the Niagara covered three weeks' postings in the case of the United States, Canada, Honolulu and Tahiti, less than a week in the case of South America, two weeks in the case of Fiji, and a month in respect to Fanning Island. There was no accumulation in the case of Japan.