MAIL NOTICES.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1938, Page 4

MAIL NOTICES.

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will be closed at Masterton as under: — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23. Great Britain, Ireland, Ceylon, India, Egypt and East Africa (letters only), due London January 7, also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply), served by the Empire air services, by Orford (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee 5.30 p.m. Australian States, China, Malaya and South Africa, by Orford (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee 10.45 a.m. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), Saturday, December 24, 8.30 a.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24. Parcel mails for Fiji, Fanning Island, Hawaiian Islands, Canada and America, by Aorangi (from Auckland), 10 a.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24. Canada, United States of America, Mexico, West Indies, Argentine, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Falkland Islands; also letters only for Continent of Europe, via Vancouver; also Fiji, Fanning Island, Japan and Hawaiian Islands, by Aorangi (from Auckland), (letters only), 5 p.m. Second-class matter, 10 a.m. Mail closes at Auckland 7.15 a.m. Tuesday; due Vancouver January 13. Note: Newspaper rate of postage to United States of America is id for each two ounces. Correspondence will also be accepted for airmail services in America; also HonoluluSan Francisco Pan-American Airways Service. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. ' (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) December 23.—5.5. Durham, from Liverpool, via Auckland: English sec-ond-class matter and parcel mail for New Zealand, 2 bags, 249 parcel receptacles. December 24. —S.S. Monterey, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English sec-ond-class matter, American and Canadian mail, 1037 bags. English letter mails which left Wellington on November 24 and 25 arrived at London on December 11. December 24. —S.S. Orford, from Brisbane, via Auckland; Australian and English letter mails dispatched from London December 3,4, 5, and 6 for New Zealand; 222 bags. December 26. —S.S. Awatea, from Sydney; English letter mail and Australian mail. NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and all other British countries (except Australia), lid each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 2Jd first ounce, each succeeding ounce. The postage rates of all articles except letters remain unchanged. Airmail correspondence for foreign countries served by Empire air services, special rates apply. BZ AIRMAIL. Auckland, Hamilton and Thames dis-tricts.--Daily, Monday to Friday, 6..10 and 8.30 a.m.; Saturday, 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Gisborne—Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 а. 10.15 a.m. Hawke’s Bay.—Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m., 10.15 a.m. New Plymouth and district. —Daily, Monday to Friday, 6.30 a.m.; Saturday, б. a.m., 5 p.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (except Nelson district). —Daily, except Sunday, 5 p.m.

Blenheim.—Daily, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m„ 3.30 p.m. Nelson.—Dally, except Sunday, 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m. Greymouth and Hokitika. —Monday to Friday, 3.30 p.m.; Saturday, 5 p.m. Parcels for dispatch by air will be accepted-up to the time of closing letter mails. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster. MASTERTON CLOSING HOURS. Wellington, Monday to Friday (letters only), 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m. Wellington, Monday to Friday, 1 p.m., 3.30 p.m. Wellington, Saturday (letters only), 6.30 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Wellington, Saturday, 1 p.m. Carterton, Greytown, Featherston, Martinborough, 6.30 a.m., 1 p.m., daily. Clareville, Lower Hutt. Petone, 6.30 a.m., daily. South Island, 1 p.m. daily Nelson, Blenheim, West Coast, South Island, 6.30 a.m., 1 p.m., daily. Wanganui, Main Trunk, Auckland, 10.15 a.m., daily. Wanganui, Taranaki, Palmerston Nth., 10.15 a.m. and 2 p.m., daily. Wanganui, Taranaki, Palmerston Nth., Auckland (letters only), 5 p.m., daily. Hawke’s Bay, Woodville, 10.15 a.m., 2 p.m., daily. Eketahuna, Pahiatua, 10.15 a.m., 2 p.m. daily, 5.30 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat. Mauriceville, 1.0.15 a.m., daily, 2 p.m. daily, 5.30 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat Kopuaranga, Mangamahoe, 10.15 a.m., daily. Whareama, Tinui, 6.30 a.m., daily. Tinui, Whakataki, Castlepoint, 12.45 p.m., daily. 'I Inui Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m... Mon., Wed. and Fri. Bideford Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat. Homewood Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Mon.. Wed., Fri. Stranvar Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Mon., Thurs. Te Wharau Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m., Mon., Wed., Fri. RURAL MAIL SERVICES. Kaituna, Matahiwi, 6.30 a.m., daily. Wangaehu, 10.15 a.m., daily. Rangitumau, 7.30 a.m., daily. Mount Bruce, 2 p.m., daily. Gladstone, Longbush, 2 p.m., daily. Westmere, Ngaumu Road, 6.30 a.m., Tues, and Fri. Taueru, 6.30 a.m., daily. East Taratahi, 7 a.m., daily. Te Wharau, Land's End, 6.30 a.m. Mon. and Fri. STREET RECEIVER CLEARANCES. Cole Street, 4 a.m. and noon daily. Columba Road, 4 a.m. and noon daily. Cr. Church and Keaton Streets, 4 a.m. and noon daily. Cr. Cornwall and Pownall Streets, 4 a.m. and noon daily. Cr. Pownall and Essex Streets, 4 a.m. and noon daily. Cr. Railway and Westbush Roads, 8.30 a.m. daily. Cr. Second Street and Opaki Road, 4 a.m. and noon daily. Cr. Victoria and Villa Streets, 4 a.m and noon daily. Cr. Vivian and High Streets, 4 a.m. and noon daily. Kuripuni, 4 a.m., 10 a.m. and noon daily. Pine Streets, 4 a.m. and noon daily. Cr. Queen and Jackson Streets, 4 a.m,, 10 a.m., noon and 3.15 p.m. daily. Totara Street, 4 a.m. and noon daily. Upper Plain. 8.30 a.m., daily. Worksop Road, 4 a.m. and noon daily. Cr. Renall Street: and Ngaumutawa Road, 4 a.m. and noon daily. Renall Street, 4 a.m. and noon daily.