MAIL NOTICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1939, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES

DISPATCHES FROM MASTERTON. Mails will close at the Post Office, Masterton, as under:— THURSDAY, AUGUST 3. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (Eastern States) and Newfoundland (letters only), due London August 17, also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, by Monterey (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Malaya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy and Balkans, by Monterey (from Auckland), 5 p.m.; late fee, 5.30 p.m. Also by inland air mail, Friday, August 4, 6.30 a.m. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. Nauru and Ocean Islands, by Aymeric (from Westport). (Kaitoa), 8.30 a.m. Parcel mail and second-class matter, 3.30 p.m. Thursday, 3rd. Also by inland airmail (Id an oz. extra), 5 p.m. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5. Parcel mails for Fiji, Tahiti, Fanning Island, Hawaiian Islands, Canada and America, by Aorangi (from Auckland), noon. MONDAY, AUGUST 7. 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. Tahiti and Japan, Fanning Island and Hawaiian Islands, by Aorangi (from Auckland), 10.15 a.m.; late fee, 10.45 a.m. Mail closes at Auckland 9 a.m. Tuesday; due Vancouver August 25. 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 Honolulu-San Francisco PanAmerican Airways Service. OVERSEAS MAILS (Inward). (Arrival Dates Approximate Only.) August 3. —S.S. Kekerangu, from Newcastle, via Auckland: Australian mail for Wellington, 10 bags. August 5. —S.S. Monterey, from San Pedro, via Auckland: English secondclass matter, American and Canadian mail. August 7. —S.S. Awatea, from Sydney: English letter mail and Australian mail. August 10.—S.S. Arawa, from London: English parcel mail. English letter mail which left Wellington on June 27 and 28 arrived at London on July 15. AIRMAILS. Inland air-mails will close al 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 Sun-' day), 6.30 a.m., 5 p.m. Dunedin. —Daily (except Sunday), 6.30 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. M. M. SIMPSON, Postmaster.

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: 2£d 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. 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. Clareville, Lower Hutt, Petone, 6.30 a.m., daily. South Island, 1 p.m., daily. Carterton, Greytown, Featherston, Martinborough, 6.30 a.m., 1 p.m., daily. Nelson, Blenheim, West Cost, 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 Getters only), 5 p.m., daily. Hawke’s Bay, Woodville. 10.15 a.m., 2 p.m., daily. Eketahuna, Pahiatua, 10.15 a.rn., 2 p.m. daily, 5.30 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sai. Mauriceville, 10.15 a.m., daily, 2 p.m. daily, 5.30 2a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat. Kopuaranga,- Mangamahoe, 10.15 a.m. daily. Whareama, Tinui, 6.30 a.m., daily. I'inui, Whakataki, Castlepoint, 12.45 p.m., .daily. Tinui 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. Stronvar Private Bag Line, 6.30 a.m.. Mon.. Thurs. Te Wharau Private Bag Line, 6.3 C 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.rn., daily. East Taratahi, 7 a.m., daily. Te Wharau, Land's End, 6.30 a in. Mon. and Fri.