Mail Closing Times
Overseas mails close at the Chief Post Office, Wanganui, as under:— AIR MAIL. Australia and New Caledonia: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 4 p.m.; Monday and Friday, 8 p.m. Canton Island. Canada, North, South and Central America end West Indies; Wednesdays, 4 p.m.; Saturday. January 10, noon; Saturday, January 24, noon. Japan (civilian mall): Mondays and Fridays, 8 p.m.; Wednesdays, 4 p.m. United Kingdom. Eire, Europe, Egypt, Africa, India, China, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Hongkong: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4 p.m. Malaya. Japan. Ceylon: Fridays, 8 p.m. Fiji, Samoa: Thursdays, 4 p.m. Norfolk Island: Fridays, 8 p.m. SURFACE MAILS. United Kingdom, Eire and Continent nf Europe (except Balkan States and Italy): Monday, January 5 (parcels only), 5.30 p.m.; Thursday, January 22, 8 p.m. Australia. India, Ceylon, Egypt. Palestine. Baikaa States and Italy, South and East Africa and Intermediate Countries: Tuesday, December 30, 8 p.m. Canada (parcels only): Wednesday, January 7, 5.30 t.m. Ocean Island: Tuesday, January 6, 8 p.m. Nauru Island: Tuesday, January G, 8 p.m. Fiji, Tonga, Samoa: Monday, January 12, noon. Fiji: Thursday, January 8, 3 p.m. Bolivia. Chile: Thursday, January 8, 3 p.m. Niue Island: Tuesday, January 6, 3 p.m. Central America, Peru. Ecuador, Venezuela. Columbia. British, French. Netherlands Guiana: Tuesday, January 6, 8 p.m. Cook Island: Tuesday, January 6, 3 p.m. Chatham Islands: Saturday, December 27, noon. U.S.A., New Foundland, Canada. Mexico and West Indies: Thursday, January 8, 3 p.m. Argentine, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil. Falkland Islands: Thursday, January 8, 3 p.m. N.Z.A.P.O.’s 222 and 333: As opportunity offers. Parcel Mails close one day earlier.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 29 December 1947, Page 8
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257Mail Closing Times Wanganui Chronicle, 29 December 1947, Page 8
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