MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11435, 3 February 1923, Page 16

MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY

Plcton, Blenheim, ami Havelock; via Pictoa, per Waiuui—6.4s a.m., T a.m. Steamer sails S a.m. Parcel mail ior 'Tonga, Samoa, and F’.j\ —lO a.m Greymoulh, Hokitika, Reefton, ana Westport, l>er Kegul u 5—10.43 a.m. % H a.ra. Mails tor United Kingdom am! Continent of Eurojv, per Tekoa —U a.m., noon Mails reach London approx>mutely March 10th. Correspondence iuu»t be addressed “per Tekoa.’* Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji, per Navua at Auckland, per Main Trunk train —11.-3 a.m., noon Oisborne, per Kini—ll.43 a.iu., neon Nelson, Havelock and Blenheim, also correspoudeuce for the undermentioned Bays. to connect with oil launch at Havelock: Butwer, Crail Bay, Elaine Bay, Eli Bay, Homewood. Hopai, Man%roa. Okoh*, Fohuenui, Port Li gar, Te , uru. Wakatahuri and Was fa fa Bay, Jso private lings fur Brightlande and Fitirangi estate, per Ngnio—-5 p.m., 6.13 p.m Southern otTicos of New Zealand; also mails and transit-paid parcels for Ureymouth and Hokitika, i>er Maori-(i p.m., 6.45 p.m. MONDAY. Ficton, Blenheim, and Havelock, via Picton, per Wainui —10.45 a m.. 11 a.m. Farcel mail tor Australian States —II a.m. Australian Stitee, per Tahiti—l p.m., 2 p.m. Nelson. French Pass, and ITavoTock; also mails and express transit-paid parcels tor Kccfton and Westport, per Nikau —5 p.m. 5.15 p.m. Southern Odices of New Zealand, also mails and express transit-paid parcels for Westport, Greymouth, Hokitikff, ami Kccfton, per Wahine—6 p.m., 6.45 WEDNESDAY. Bulwer, Crail Bay, Elaine Bay, Homewood, Manaroa, Pohuenui, Oka* tin, Wakatahuri, \Vaitata Bay; also private bags for Brightlands, Eli Bay, Hikoekoea, llopai, Port Lig*r, Te Puru, Waihohonu, Forsyth Island and Port Gore, per Nikau—4 p.m., 4.15 p.m OUTGOING OVERSEA MAILS. The next dispatch for correspondence addressed to United Kingdom, Continent of Europe and United States of America via San Francisco, will be per R.M S. Tahiti, closing at Wellington, Tuesday. February 20th, at 1 p.m.; mail due London about March 27th. Mails for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (specially addressed correspondence only, per Arawn, close at Wellington, Wednesday, February 14th, at 4 p.m. Mail«* for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (specially addressed correspondence only), also Pitcairn Island and Cristobal (Panama Canal), Central America, British. French, and Dutch Guinea, Venezuela, Republic of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, per Ruapehu, close at Wellington, Saturday, February 17th, at 10 a.m. INCOMING OVERSEA MAILS. (Arrival dates approximate only./ S.S. Waikawa left San Francisco for Wellington on January 26th. She carries 46 bags of mail and 487 parcel-receptacles for New Zealand; clue here February 23rd.

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE CHARGES. Postage charges are reduced as follows : Letters and Letter-cards. —Inland, lid for the first 2oz and LI for each additional 2oz; United Kingdom. Australia, Canada, U.S.A., and ail other places to which Postal Union rates (minimum 2\<\) do not apply* ijd for first oz and Id for each additional oz. Post Cards.—Single Id, reply 2d. Packets. Comprising commercial papers (accounts, invoices, etc.), books and printed paper©, pattern and sample packets, and unregistered magazines: Inland, Id not exceeding 2oz, ljd exceeding 2oz and not exceeding 4oz, lsd for each additional 4oz up to lib, and 2d for each additional pound up to 51b. Newspapers.—lnland, id each. H 0 GROCOTT, Chief Pofltm&eter. Chief Post Office. Wellington, February 3rd, 1923,