MAIL NOTICES

Southland Times, Issue 23769, 17 March 1939, Page 3

MAIL NOTICES

North Island:— Sunday 5.30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday 6.15 a.m. Christchurch and intermediate offices:— Sunday 5.30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday 6.15 a.m.; dally 12.30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday 8 p.m. Dunedin and intermediate offices:— Sunday 5.30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday 6.15 ajn.; dally 12.30 p.m. Monday to Friday 8 p.m. INLAND AIR MAIL Inland Air Mails close at Invercargill as under:— ~ , For Christchurch, Greymouth, Blenheim. Nelson and North Island, Sunday 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 12.30 P The next best despatch for Great Britain is by Awatea closing Sunday, March 19. at 5.30 p.m. to connect with the Empire Air Service. SATURDAY, MARCH 18 Mails for Canada, United States of America, South American eastern states, Japan. Mexico, West Indies (via Vancouver), Fiji, Tahiti and Hawaiian Islands, also American Air Mails, close at C.P.O. on Saturday. March 18 at 6.15 a.m. for despatch by Niagara from Auckland; by Inland Air Mail, Sunday, March 19, at 5.30 p.m. Mails for ail states of South America, via Monte Video, close at the C.P.O. on Saturday, March 18, at 6.15 a.m., for despatch by the Port Darwin from Wellington. SUNDAY, MARCH 19 Mails for Samoa and Niue Island close at the C.P.O on Sunday, March 19 at 5.30 p.m. for despatch by Maul Pomare from Wellington. Mails for the Chatham Islands close at the C.P.O. on Sunday, March 19, at 5.30 pm. for despatch by Tees from Lyttelton. Mails for Australian states, Ceylon. India, China, Straits Settlements and Norfolk Island, also Empire Air Mail, due London April 6 for despatch by Awatea from Auckland to Sydney, close at the C.P.O. on Sunday, March 19, at 5.30 p.m. By Inland Air Mail (Id per oz extra), closes Tuesday, March 21 at 8 p.m, MONDAY, MARCH 20 Mails for Australian states, via Melbourne, close at the C.P.O. on Monday, March 20 at 7 p.m. per Maunganui from Bluff. INCOMING OVERSEAS March 20—Mariposa: American malls and English papers. March 21—Awatea: Australian and Empire mails. H. Miller, Chief Postmaster. COMPANY NEWS GUARANTEE CORPORATION (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, March 16. The New Zealand Guarantee Corporation has declared an interim dividend of l-Jd. MINING MOSSY CREEK RETURN (United Press Association) GREYMOUTH, March 16. The Mossy Creek return was 430 z 17dwt from 7189 yards in 127 hours. COLOMBO TEA AUCTION J. Rattray and Son, Ltd. report having received the following cabled report of the tea auction held in Colombo on Tuesday:— Heavy supplies of good quality teas offered; good demand for common kinds with prices unchanged; medium and fine grades easier, with decline of Id per lb; quantity, 2,000,0001 b; next sale, 2,750,0001 b.

FOREIGN EXCHANGES (British Official Wireless) (Received March 16, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, March 15. Par. Mar. 11 Mar. 15 Paris, fr. to £1 179.60 176 57-64 176 51-64 New York. dol. to £1 4.866 4.69’4 4.68 11-16 Montreal, dol. to £1 4.866 4.70 4.70% Brussels, belgas to £1 35 27.88’,4 27.85)4 Geneva. fr. to £1 25.2215 20.62',4 20.60',4 Amsterdam. fl. to £1 12.107 8.83’4 8.82’4 Milan, Lire to £1 92.00 89 3-16 89 1-16 Berlin, reichmarken to £1 20.43 11.69*,4 11.68’,4 Copenhagen. kr. to £1 18.159 22.40 22.40 Stockholm, kr. to £1 18.159 19.42 19.42 Oslo, kr. to £1 18.159 19.90 19.90 Vienna, schgs. to £1 34.585 — — Prague, kr to £1 164.25 135% — Helsingfors, marks to £1 193.23 226% 226% Madrid, pesetas to £1 25.2215 — — Lisbon, escudos to £1 110 110% 110% Athens, drach to £1 375 547 >,4 547’4 Bucharest, — lei to £1 818.60 660 660 Belgrade. dinars 376.3 209 . 209 Rio de Janeiro. pence to milreis 5.899 3 1-16 3 1-16 Buenos Aires, pence to dol. 11.45 20.29 20.29 Montevideo. pence to peso 51 18’,4 18',4 Bombay, pence to rupee 18 17 31-32 17 31-32 shanghai, pence to yen * — — Hong Kong, pence to yen * 14 15-16 14 15-16 Yokohama, pence to yen 24.58 14 14 Batavia, guilders 12.107 8.81 8.81 Warsaw, par zlotys to £1 43.38 24.81 24.81 ♦Determined by price of silver. THE METAL MARKET (Received March 16, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 15. Metal quotations are as follows:— Mar. 14 Mar. 15 A ton. A ton. £sd £ s d

Copper— Standard, spot 43 5 714 43 10 714 Forward 43 11 1014 43 15 714 Electrolytic 48 0 0 48 5 0 to 49 0 0 49 5 0 Wire bars 49 0 0 49 5 0 Lead— Spot 14 16 1014 14 19 414 Forward 15 3 1V2 15 4 4 Spelter— Spot 13 16 101'2 13 16 1014 Forward 14 1 10 ‘/ 2 14 1 1014 Tin— Spot 215 11 3 216 7 6 Forward 214 17 6 215 12 6 Silver— Fine, per oz 20%d 20%d Standard, per oz 22’/ 4 d 22'/ 4 d