OVERSEA MAILS
THE SERVICE TO BRITAIN. FREQUENT & FAIRLY FAST BUT IRREGULAR. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. Replying to an inquiry yesterday as tc the frequency of surface mail dispatches between New Zealand and Great Britain, the Postmaster-General. Mr Webb, said that a frequent, if somewhat irregular, service was being maintained. During the past two months there had been 15 separate mail dispatches to Great Britain, seven in June and eight in July. Ihe greatest interval between dispatches was eleven days. "Naturally, in the conditions now obtaining, the transit time lor mails between New Zealand and Great Li itain varies considerably, but the average transit time is in the vicinity of 40 days.” said Mr Webb. "Transit times of 35 days are. however, not uncommon. while there have been instances of mails reaching England in 33 and even 32 days." Mr Webb added that the position was much the same in respect of surface mails from Great Britain to New Zealand. Mails were being received with reasonable regularity, and the transit times ranged from five to seven weeks.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1940, Page 5
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