MAIL NOTICES

Southland Times, Issue 24180, 17 July 1940, Page 3

MAIL NOTICES

Dunedin and Intermediate Offices: Sunday, 5.30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, 6.15 a.m., daily, 12.30 p.m. Monday to Friday, 7.30 p.m, Christchurch and Intermediate Offices: Sunday, 5.30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, 6.15 a.m., daily 12.30 p.m. North Island: Sunday, 5.30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, 6.15 a.m. Queenstown lane: Daily, 10.30 a.m. Tuatapere Line: Daily 6.45 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. Nightcaps Line: Daily, 3.30 p.m. Otautau: 4 a.m., and 3.30 p.m. Lumsden and Winton: 6.15 a.m. and 3.45 p.m. Mataura, Edendale and Wyndham: 6.15 a.m., 12.30 p.m. and 3.15 p.m. Gore, 6.15 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 12.30 p.m. and 3.15 p.m. INLAND AIR MAIL Inland Air Mail closes at Invercargill as follows: For Christchurch, Greymouth, Blenheim, Nelson and North Island, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7.30 p.m.; Sunday, no service. OVERSEAS MAILS Australian States, Wednesday, July 17, at 6 a.m. Empire Air Mail, including Australia every Friday, at 12.30 p.m. TRANS-PACIFIC AIR MAIL The chief postmaster advises that the flight of the trans-Pacific air mail carrying mails will commence from Auckland on July 20 and fortnightly thereafter. The closing time at Invercargill has been fixed for 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16. The rate for each half-ounce for letters for each of the countries is as follows: New Caledonia, 1/-; Hawaii, 2/6, United States or America, 4/- and Great Britain, 6/3. Postcards are charged at half rates to the nearest complete Id. Other overseas mails close as opportunity offers. H. MILLER, Chief Postmaster.