MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 July 1939, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON.I Mails will close at the Post Office, Masterton, as under: — FRIDAY, JULY 14. Victoria, Western and South Australia and Tasmania, via Melbourne, by Waitaki (from Bluff), (Wahine), 8.30 а. late fee, 9 a.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 3.30 p.m., Thursday. FRIDAY, JULY 21. Great Britain, Ireland (letters only), due London August 3, also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Awatea, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy and Balkans, by Awatea, 8.30 a.m.; late fee, 9 a.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 3.30 p.m., Thursday, 20th. OVERSEAS MAIL (Inward). (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) July 16. —S.S. Mataroa, from London via Auckland: English second-class matter and parcel mail for New Zealand. 508 bags. July 18.—S.S. Gamaria, from Sydney, via Auckland: English letter mail, Australian and beyond Australia mail for Wellington, 70 bags, 11 parcel receptacles. July 19. —M.V. Wanganella, from Sydney, via Auckland: English letter mail and Australian mail. July 25. —R.M.S. Niagara, from Vancouver, via Auckland: English secondclass mail matter, American and Canadian mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on June 24 arrived at London on July 9. AIRMAILS. Inland air-mails will close at Masterton as under: — Auckland and District. —Monday to Friday, 6.30 a.m.; Saturday. 6.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Blenheim. —Daily (except Sunday), 8.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m. Christchurch. —Daily (except Sunday), 6.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Dunedin. —Daily (except Sunday), б. a.m., 5 p.m. Gisborne. —Monday to Friday, 6.30 а. Saturday, 6.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Greymouth.—Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. Hokitika. —Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. Invercargill.—Daily (except Sunday), б. a.m., 5 p.m. Napier.—Monday to Friday, 6.30 a.m.; Saturday, 6.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Nelson. —Daily (except Sunday), 6.30 a.m.. 8.30 a.m., 3.30 p.m. New Plymouth. —Daily (except Sunday), 5 p.m. Reefton. —Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. Westport.—Daily (except Sunday), 3.30 p.m. Parcels for despatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing letter mails. NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt and all other British countries (except Australia), l£d each half ounce; Australia and Dependencies, Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy and all other foreign countries: 2id first ounce. IJd 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. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.