POST OFFICE NOTICES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23686, 19 December 1938, Page 8

POST OFFICE NOTICES

T'-i next despatch for Great Britain is e _i- Empire air service, closing Wednesday. December 21, at 10.15 a.m. TO-DAY (MONDAY) Samoa and Niue, per Maui Pomare, from Wellington, by North Express a'c 10.15 a.m. Late fees at C.P.O. 11a.m. and at Railway Station 11.30 a.m. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20 Australia, China, Italy and Balkan States, also all Empire countries and Egypt; Empire air service; air mail due London January 2; by New Zealand air service; letters only; extra fee Id per oz; 'by airliner; 7 a.m.; to connect with Awatea at Auckland. Samoa and Niue (per Maui Pomare, from Wellington), by airliner (Id per oz extra) at 7 a.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21 Australia, China, Japan, Italy and Balkan States; also all Empire countries and Egypt; Empire air service: air mail due London January 5; per Wanganella, from Wellington; by north express; at 10.15 a.m.; late fees C.P.O. 11 a.m. and at Railway Station 11.30 a.m.; parcels for Australia and the East close 9 a.m. < THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 Australia, China, Italy, and Balkan States, also all Empire countries and Egypt; Empire air service; air mail due London January 5. by New Zealand air service. Letters only. Extra fee Id per oz, by airliner. 7 a.m., to connect with Wanganella at Wellington. Australia, China, Japan, Italy, and Balkan States; also all Empire countries and Egypt; Empire air service; air mail due London January 7, per Orford, from Auckland. By north express at 10.15 a.m. Late fees C.P.O. 11 a.m. and at Railway Station 11.30 a.m. Parcels for Australia and the East close 9 a.m. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 Nauru Island, per Forresbank, from Dunedin, at 1 p.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 . Fiji, Tahiti, Samoa, Honolulu, Japan. Canada, United States of America, Eastern South America, and letters only for Europe,* also American air mails, via Vancouver (per Aorangi, from Auckland), per north express at 10.15 a.m. Late-fee letters C.P.O. 11 a.m. and at Railway Station 11.30 a.m. Parcels for Fiji, Canada, and U.S.A. close 10 a.m. December 23. Victoria, Tasmania, South and West Australia, via Melbourne (per Maunganui, from Bluff), at 7.30 p.m. Late-fee letters at C.P.O. 8 p.m. MONDAY, DECEMBER 26 Fiji. Tahiti, Samoa, Honolulu, Canada, United States of America, Eastern South America, and Continent of Europe, also American air mails, via Vancouver. Letters only. By New Zealand air mail (Id per ounce extra), at 7 a.m. To connect with Aorangi at Auckland. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 Central and South American Western States and Europe, via Panama, per Akaroa, from Lyttelton, by north express 10.15 a.m. Late fees at C.P.O. 11 a.m. and at Railway Station 11.30 a.m. Parcels close 9 a.m. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30 Great Britain and Ireland (secondclass matter only) and Europe, via Cape Horn, per Waimarama, from Lyttelton. by north express 10.15 a.m. Late fees at C.P.O. 11 a.m. and at Railway Station 11.30 a.m. Parcels close 9 a.m. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 31 Cook Islands. Tonga and Apia, per Matua, from Auckland; by north express: at 10.15 a.m.; late fees C.P.O. 11 a.m. and at station 11.30 a.m. DAILY •The under-noted times are at C.P.0.) Christchurch and Northern Offices: Ey,aeroplane at 7 a.m. (also Sundays). Wellington and North Island Districts and all northern offices: Daily 7.30 a.m. and 10.45 a.m. Oamaru, Timaru, Christchurch. and West Coast: Daily 7.30 a.m. and 10.4 r > a.m. Monday to Friday 7 p.m. Sunday 10 p.m. Oamaru only: Daily 0.15 J a.m. i South Otago and Invercargill Districts: Daily 6.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m., and 5.30 p.m. Invercargill and Gore: Saturday 8 p.m. ■ Central Otago: Daily 6 a.m. and 7 rj.m INCOMING MAILS 'Approximate Dates) December 19. Maunganui. from Melbourne: Australian and Empire mails. December 21.—Wanganella, from Sydney: Australian and Empire mails. Awatea, from Sydney: Australian and Empire mails. December 26.—Monterey, from San Pedro: American and English papers. December 26.—Orford. from Brisbane: Australian and Empire mails. N. R. Mcisaac, Chief Postmaster